Isaiah 59:12 Cross References - Rotherham

¹² For our transgressions have multiplied, before thee, And, our sins, have witnessed against us,––For, our transgressions, are with us, And, as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them:

⁶ and said, O my God, I turn pale and am ashamed, to lift up, O my God, my face unto thee,––for, our iniquities, have multiplied above the head, and our guilt hath magnified itself unto the heavens.

¹³ And, after all that hath come upon us, for our wicked doings, and for our great guilt––For, thou, O our God, hast spared us, punishing us less than our iniquities deserved, and hast given us a deliverance such as this,

³³ But, thou, art righteous, as to all that hath fallen upon us,––for, faithfulness, hast thou wrought, whereas, we, have been lawless;

⁴ Alas! a nation––committing sin, a people––burdened with iniquity, a seed––practising wickedness, sons––acting corruptly. They have, forsaken Yahweh, despised the Holy One of Israel,––Are estranged and gone back.

⁹ The show of their face, hath answered against them, And, their sin––like Sodom, have they told, they have not concealed it. Alas for their souls! For, they, have requited, to, themselves, calamity.

² Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see––where thou hast not been unchastely embraced! beside the ways, hast thou sat to them, like the Arabian in the desert,––and hast defiled the land, with thine unchastities, and with thy wickedness.

³ O Yahweh! thine own eyes, are they not directed to fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, Yet have they not grieved, Thou hast consumed them––They have refused to receive correction,––They have made their faces bolder than a cliff, They have refused to return. ⁴ And, I, said,––Only, poor people, are, they,––They act foolishly, For they know not, the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! ⁵ I will betake me unto the great men, and will speak, with them! For, they, know, the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! Yea but, they, with one accord, have, broken the yoke, torn off the bands. ⁶ For this cause, hath the lion out of the forest smitten them, The wolf of the waste plains, preyeth, upon them, The leopard, is keeping watch over their cities, Every one that goeth out from thence, is torn in pieces,––For they have multiplied their transgressions, Numerous, are their apostasies. ⁷ How, for this, can I pardon thee? Thine own sons, have forsaken me, And have sworn by No–gods,––When I had fed them to the full, Then committed they adultery, And, the house of the unchaste woman, they used to throng: ⁸ Lusty, well–fed horses, had they become, Every man, unto his neighbour’s wife, would neigh! ⁹ For these things, shall I not punish? Demandeth Yahweh: Yea, on a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself?

²⁵ Your iniquities, have thrust away these things, Yea, your sins, have withholden that which is good from you. ²⁶ For there have been found among my people, lawless men,––One lieth in wait, as with the stooping of fowlers, They have set a trap, they capture, men: ²⁷ As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain,––For this cause, have they become great, and waxen rich: ²⁸ They have waxed fat, they shine, Yea, they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless, that they might prosper,––Yea, justice to the helpless, have they not decreed. ²⁹ Upon these things, shall I not bring punishment? Demandeth Yahweh. Or, on a nation such as this, shall not my soul avenge, herself?

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?

⁷ Though, our iniquities, have testified against us, O Yahweh, effectually work thou, for the sake of thy Name,––For our apostasies have abounded, Against thee, have we sinned.

⁶ But she hath changed my regulations into lawlessness, more than the nations, And my statutes, more than the countries which are round bout her, For, my regulations, have they rejected, And, in my statutes, have they not walked.

²³ Prepare thou a chain, For, the land, is full of the crime of bloodshed, And, the city, is full of violence.

⁸ Then said he unto me, Son of man, Break, I pray thee, through the wall. So I broke through the wall, and lo! a single opening. ⁹ Then said he unto me,––Go in, and see the wicked abominations, which they, are committing here. ¹⁰ So I went in, and looked, and lo! every similitude of creeping thing, and detestable beast, and all the manufactured gods of the house of Israel,––portrayed upon the wall, round about on every side; ¹¹ and, seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan, who stood in their midst, were standing before them, even every man with his censer in his hand,––and the fragrance of the cloud of incense, ascending. ¹² Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, Son of man, what, the elders of the house of Israel, are doing in the dark, every man in his image–chambers? for they are saying––Yahweh doth not, see us! Yahweh hath forsaken, the land!
¹³ Then said he unto me,––Yet again, shalt thou see great abominations, which they, are committing. ¹⁴ So he brought me into the opening of the gate of the house of Yahweh, which was toward the north,––and Lo! there, women, sitting, weeping for Tammuz. ¹⁵ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, O son of man? Yet again, shalt thou see greater abominations than these. ¹⁶ So he brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and lo! at the opening of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, about twenty–five men,––their backs, towards the temple of Yahweh, and, their faces, eastward, and they, were bowing down eastward, unto the Sun.

⁵¹ Nor did, Samaria, commit, one–half thy sins,––But thou didst multiply thine abominations more than they, And didst cause thy sisters to appear righteous, by all the abominations which thou didst commit. ⁵² Thou also, bear thine own reproach, which thou didst adjudge to thy sisters, by thy sins, in which thou wast more abominable than they, thou didst make them appear more righteous than thou,––Thou also, therefore, turn thou pale, and bear thine own reproach, for making thy sisters appear righteous!

² Thou, therefore, son of man, Wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge, the city of bloodshed; and cause her to know all her abominations? ³ Thou shalt say then, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, A city shedding blood in her own midst, That her time, might come, Therefore hath she been making manufactured gods for herself, to be defiled. ⁴ Because of the blood which thou hast shed, hast thou become guilty, And, with the manufactured gods which thou hast made, hast thou defiled thyself, Thus hast thou brought near thy days, And hast come unto thy years,––For this cause, have I delivered thee, As a reproach, to the nations, And as a derision, to all the lands. ⁵ They who are near, and they who are far off from thee, shall shew themselves derisive over thee,––O thou of impure name, abounding in confusion! ⁶ Lo! the, princes of Israel, every man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding blood. ⁷ Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression, in the midst of thee,––The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee: ⁸ My holy things, hast thou despised,––And, my sabbaths, hast thou profaned: ⁹ Slanders, have arisen in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,––And, unto the mountains, have they eaten in thee, Lewdness, have they practised in the midst of thee: ¹⁰ A father’s shame, hath been uncovered in thee, Her that was unclean in her removal, have they humbled in thee; ¹¹ And, one man, with the wife of his neighbour, hath wrought abomination, And, another, hath defiled, his daughter–in–law, by shameful deed,––And, another, his own sister, daughter of his own father, hath humbled in thee: ¹² Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,––Interest and increase, hast thou accepted, And thou hast overreached thy neighbour, by oppression, And, me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

²⁴ Son of man, say to her, Thou, art a land, that is, not to be rained upon, nor to receive fruitful showers, in the day of indignation. ²⁵ Because, her princes in her midst, are like a roaring lion, rending prey,––Life, have they devoured, Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst. ²⁶ Her priests, have done violence to my law, And have profaned my holy things, Between the hallowed and the common, have they put no difference, And, between the unclean and clean, have they not taught men to discern,––And, from my sabbaths, have they hid their eyes, So that I have been profaned in their midst. ²⁷ Her rulers within her, have been like wolves, rending prey,––In shedding blood, In destroying lives, For the sake of getting dishonest gain. ²⁸ And, her prophets, have coated it for them with whitewash, Seeing visions of falsehood, And divining for them lies,––Saying, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not spoken. ²⁹ The people of the land, have exacted oppression, and seized plunder,––Even, the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And, the sojourner, have they oppressed, without justice. ³⁰ Then sought I from among them, a man, Who could build up a wall, And stand in the breach, before me in behalf of the land, So that I might not destroy her,––But I found none.

² Son of man, Two women, daughters of one mother, there were; ³ And they became unchaste in Egypt, In their youth, became they unchaste, There, were handled their breasts, And, there, were pressed their virgin bosoms. ⁴ And their names were Oholah––the elder, And Oholibah––her sister, And they became mine, and bare sons and daughters,––And as for their names, Samaria, was Oholah, And, Jerusalem, was Oholibah. ⁵ Then became Oholah unchaste, after she had become mine,––And lusted after her lovers, For Assyrians, so warlike, ⁶ Clothed in blue, Governors and deputies, Attractive young men, all of them,––Horsemen, riding on horses. ⁷ So she bestowed her unchastities upon them, The choicest men of Assyria, all, of them,––And, with whomsoever she lusted after––with all their manufactured gods, she defiled herself. ⁸ And, her unchaste doings from the time she was in Egypt, had she not forsaken, For, with her, had they lain in her youth, Yea, they, had pressed her virgin bosoms,––and had poured out their unchastity upon her. ⁹ Therefore, did I deliver her into the hand of her lovers,––Into the hand of the sons of Assyria, after whom she lusted: ¹⁰ They, disclosed her shame, Her sons and her daughters, took they away, And, herself––with the sword, they slew,––Thus became she a by–word among women, when, judgments, they had executed upon her.
¹¹ And, though her sister Oholibah saw, Yet became she more corrupt in her lust than the other,––And, her unchaste doings, exceeded the unchaste doings of her sister. ¹² After the sons of Assyria, she lusted, Governors and deputies so warlike. Clothed in splendid array, Horsemen, riding on horses,––Attractive young men, all, of them. ¹³ So I saw, that she defiled herself,––One way, had they both. ¹⁴ Yet did she add, unto her unchaste doings,––when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, likenesses of Chaldeans, Portrayed with vermilion: ¹⁵ Girded with waistcloths upon their loins, With overhanging high turbans upon their heads, In appearance, knights, all, of them,––The likeness of the sons of Babylon of Chaldea, the land of their birth. ¹⁶ Then lusted she after them, as soon as her eyes beheld them,––And she sent messengers unto them, to Chaldea. ¹⁷ Then, came in unto her, the sons of Babylon, into the bed of endearments, and defiled her with their unchaste doings,––And she, defiled herself with them, And then was her soul torn from them. ¹⁸ Thus disclosed she her unchaste desires, And disclosed, her shame,––So my soul was torn from her, Just as my soul had been torn from her sister. ¹⁹ Yea she multiplied her unchaste desires,––calling to mind the days of her youth, when she was unchaste in the land of Egypt; ²⁰ So she lusted after their courtiers,––Whose flesh was, the flesh of asses, and, Whose issue was, the issue of horses. ²¹ Yea thou didst look about for the lewdness of thy youth,––When were pressed, by the Egyptians, thy bosoms, When they handled thy youthful breasts.
²² Therefore, O Oholibah, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! rousing up thy lovers against thee, Even them from whom thy soul hath been torn,––And I will bring them against thee from every side: ²³ The sons of Babylon and all Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, All the sons of Assyria, with them,––Attractive young men, Governors and deputies, all, of them. Knights and men of renown, Riders on horses, all, of them; ²⁴ And they shall come upon thee––With battle–axe, chariot and wheel, And with a gathered host of peoples, Shield and buckler and helmet, will they array against thee, on every side,––And I will put before them, judgment, And they shall judge thee with their judgments; ²⁵ When I set forth my jealousy against thee, Then will they deal with thee, in indignation, Thy nose and thine ears, will they remove, And, that which is left of thee, by the sword, shall fall,––They, will take away, thy sons and thy daughters, And, that which is left of thee, shall be devoured by the fire; ²⁶ And they shall strip off thy raiment,––And take away thine adorning, jewels! ²⁷ Thus will I cause thy lewdness to cease, from thee, Even thine unchastity [brought] from the land of Egypt,––So that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, And, Egypt, shalt thou not call to mind any more. ²⁸ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! delivering thee up, into the hand of them whom thou hatest,––Into the hand of them from whom thy soul hath been torn; ²⁹ And they shall deal with thee in hatred, And take away all thy labour, And leave thee utterly naked,––And thine unchaste, shame, shall be disclosed, with thy lewdness and unchastities, ³⁰ These things shall be done, to thee,––In that thou hast gone unchastely after the nations, Because thou hast defiled thyself with their manufactured gods. ³¹ In the way of thy sister, hast thou walked,––Therefore will I put her cup into thy hand. ³² Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, The cup of thy sister, shalt thou drink, The [cup] deep and large, Thou shalt become a laughingstock and a derision, Much, doth it contain! ³³ With drunkenness and grief, shalt thou be filled,––The cup of astonishment and desolation, The cup of thy sister Samaria; ³⁴ Yea thou shalt drink it and drain it out, And the sherds thereof, shalt thou gnaw, And, thy breasts, shalt thou tear out,––For, I, have spoken, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. ³⁵ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because thou hast forgotten me, and has cast me, behind thy back, Thou also thyself, bear thou thy lewdness, and thine unchaste doings.
³⁶ And Yahweh said unto me, Son of man, Wilt thou judge Oholah, and Oholibah? Then declare thou unto them, their abominations. ³⁷ For they have committed adultery, And, blood, is one their hands, Yea, with their manufactured gods, have they committed adultery. And, even their own children whom they bare unto me, have they set apart for them, to be devoured. ³⁸ Yet more, this, have they done to me,––They have defiled my sanctuary, on the same day, And, my sabbaths, have they profaned. ³⁹ Yea, when they had slaughtered their children, to their manufactured gods, then entered they into my sanctuary, on the same day, to profane it,––And lo! thus, have they done, in the midst of mine own house. ⁴⁰ Yea verily, that ye must needs send for men, ready to come in, from afar,––in that, a messenger, was sent unto them, and lo! they came, For whom thou didst bathe thyself, Paint thine eyes, And deck thyself with ornaments. ⁴¹ Then satest thou upon a glorious couch, With a table prepared, before it,––And, mine incense and mine oil, didst thou set thereon. ⁴² The noise of careless throng also, was with her, And, besides men out of the mass of mankind, there were brought in drunkards, out of the desert; And they put bracelets upon the hands of both women, And crowns of adorning upon their heads. ⁴³ Then said I, of her that was worn out with adulteries, Will they, now, join in her unchaste doings, even hers? ⁴⁴ Yet came they in unto her, as men go in unto a woman that is a harlot,––So, came they in unto Oholah, and unto Oholibah––the lewd, women! ⁴⁵ But, righteous men, they, shall judge them, With the judgment of adulteresses, and, With the judgment of women that shed blood,––Because, adulteresses, they are, And, blood, is on their hands. ⁴⁶ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––There shall be brought up against them a gathered host, Then shall they be delivered up, for a terror and for a prey, ⁴⁷ Yea a gathered host, shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords, Their sons and their daughters, shall they slay, And, their houses––in the fire, shall they consume. ⁴⁸ So will I make an end of lewdness, out of the land,––And all women, shall be disciplined, and shall not do according to your lewdness. ⁴⁹ Yea the judges shall set your lewdness upon you, And, your sins with manufactured gods, shall ye bear; So shall ye know, that, I, am The Lord, Yahweh.

⁶ Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed. The caldron whose scum is in it, and, whose scum, hath not gone out of it: Piece by piece, bring it out, There hath fallen thereon no lot. ⁷ For, her own blood, hath come to be, in her midst, Upon the smooth face of the cliff, hath she set it,––She hath not poured it out on the earth, that she might cover it with dust. ⁸ To bring up indignation, to execute an avenging, have I set her blood upon the smooth face of the cliff,––that it may not be covered. ⁹ Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed,––Even I myself, will make large the pile. ¹⁰ Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire, Consume the flesh, Yea season with spice, And let the bones be scorched. ¹¹ Then set it upon the live coals thereof, empty,––that the copper of it, may be scorched and burn, So that the impurity thereof, may be annihilated within it, The scum thereof, be consumed. ¹² With toils, hath she wearied herself,––Since her abundant scum will not go out of her, into the fire, with her scum! ¹³ In thine uncleanness, is lewdness; because I purified thee. and thou wast not purified, from thine uncleanness, thou shalt not be purified any more, until I have let mine indignation rest upon thee. ¹⁴ I, Yahweh, have spoken, It cometh, and I will perform, I will not let alone, neither will I shield, Nor will I repent,––According to thy ways and according to thy doings, have they judged thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

⁵ We have sinned and committed iniquity, and been guilty of lawlessness and been rebellious,––even departing from thy commandments, and from thy regulations; ⁶ and have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spake in thy name, unto our kings, our rulers, and our fathers,––and unto all the people of the land. ⁷ To thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but, to us, the shame of faces, as at this day,––to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, the near and the far off, throughout all the lands whither thou hast driven them, in their treachery, wherewith they had been treacherous against thee. ⁸ O Yahweh, to us, belongeth the shame of faces, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers,––in that we have sinned against thee.

² Cursing and lying, and killing and stealing, and committing adultery, have broken forth, and, blood–shedding, unto blood–shedding, doth extend.

⁵ Therefore will the Excellency of Israel, answer, to his face,––and, Israel and Ephraim, shall stumble in their iniquity, even Judah with them, hath stumbled.

¹⁰ Therefore doth the Excellency of Israel, answer, to his face; yet have they not returned unto Yahweh their God, nor have they sought him, in spite of all this!

³² And, ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers! ³³ Serpents! broods of vipers! how should ye flee from the judgment of gehenna?

¹⁹ Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God. ²⁰ Inasmuch as, by works of law, shall no flesh be declared righteous before him,––through law, in fact, is discovery of sin.

¹⁵ Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus––and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary,–– ¹⁶ Hindering us from speaking, unto the nations, that they might be saved, to the filling up of their own sins, continually; but anger hath overtaken them at length.