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Isaiah 5:25-30
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Isaiah 5:25-30
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 [a]Therefore the wrath of the Lord blazes against his people,
he stretches out his hand to strike them;
The mountains quake,(A)
their corpses shall be like refuse in the streets.
For all this, his wrath is not turned back,
his hand is still outstretched.
Invasion[b]
26 He will raise a signal to a far-off nation,
and whistle for it from the ends of the earth.(B)
Then speedily and promptly they will come.
27 None among them is weary, none stumbles,
none will slumber, none will sleep.
None with waist belt loose,
none with sandal thong broken.
28 Their arrows are sharp,
and all their bows are bent,
The hooves of their horses like flint,
and their chariot wheels like the whirlwind.
29 They roar like the lion,
like young lions, they roar;
They growl and seize the prey,
they carry it off and none can rescue.
30 They will growl over it, on that day,
like the growling of the sea,
Look to the land—
darkness closing in,
the light dark with clouds!(C)
Footnotes
- 5:25–30 These verses do not suit their present context. Apparently v. 25 was originally the conclusion of the poem of 9:7–20 directed against the Northern Kingdom; cf. the refrain that occurs here and in 9:11, 16, and 20. Verses 26–30 look to an invasion by Assyria and might originally have come immediately after the poem of 9:1–20 plus 5:25. The insertion of chaps. 6–8 may have occasioned the dislocation, as well as that of 10:1–4a, which may have originally belonged with the “reproach” oracles of 5:8–23.
- 5:26–30 This oracle threatens a future judgment, an invasion of the Assyrian army, God’s instrument for punishing Judah (10:5, 15).
Isaiah 5:25-30
New International Version
Isaiah 5:25-30
New International Version
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(A) burns against his people;
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(B)
and the dead bodies(C) are like refuse(D) in the streets.(E)
26 He lifts up a banner(H) for the distant nations,
he whistles(I) for those at the ends of the earth.(J)
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(K) or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(L) is loosened at the waist,(M)
not a sandal strap is broken.(N)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(O)
all their bows(P) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(Q) seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(R)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(S)
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(T) their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.(U)
30 In that day(V) they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.(W)
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness(X) and distress;(Y)
even the sun will be darkened(Z) by clouds.
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