Isaiah 9 (Wycliffe Bible)
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Isaiah 9
Wycliffe Bible (WYC)
9 In the first time, the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali was alighted, either released;
and at the last, the way of the sea beyond Jordan, of Galilee of
heathen men, was made heavy. (At first, the lands of Zebulun and of
Naphtali were dealt with lightly; but later, the way to the sea from the
Jordan River, yea, of Galilee of the heathen, was dealt with heavily.)
2 The
people that went in darknesses saw a great light; when men dwelled in
the country of [the] shadow of death, light rose up to them. (The people
who went in darkness saw a great light; where people lived in the
country of the shadow of death, the light rose upon them.)
3 Thou
multipliedest folk, thou magnifiedest not gladness (Thou hast
multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their happiness); they shall
be glad before thee, as they that be glad in harvest, (and) as
overcomers make full out joy, when they have taken a prey, when they
part the spoils.
4 For
thou hast overcome the yoke of his burden, and the rod of his shoulder,
and the sceptre of his wrongful asker, as in the day of Midian.
5 For
why all violent raven (gotten) with noise, and a cloth meddled with
blood, shall be into burning, and the meat of fire. (For all the violent
raven taken in tumult, and a cloak mixed, or covered, with blood, shall be into burning, and food for the fire.)
6 Forsooth
a little child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and princehood
is made on his shoulder (But a little child is born to us, and a son is
given to us, and princehood is placed upon his shoulders); and his name
shall be called Wonderful, A counsellor, God, Strong, Father of the
world to coming, A prince of peace [and his name shall be called
Marvellous, Counsellor, God, Strong, Father of the world to come, Prince
of peace].
7 His empire shall be multiplied, and none end shall be of his
peace; he shall sit on the seat of David, and on the realm of him, that
he confirm it, and make (it) strong in doom and rightfulness, from
henceforth and till into without end. The fervent love of the Lord of
hosts shall make this (happen). (His empire shall be multiplied, and
there shall be no end to his peace; he shall sit upon the throne
of David, and upon his kingdom, so that he can establish it, and make it
strong in justice, or in judgement, and righteousness, from henceforth until forever. The fervent love of the Lord of hosts shall make this happen.)
8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it fell in Israel. (The Lord sent a word against Jacob, and it fell upon Israel.)
9 And
all the people of Ephraim shall know, and they that dwell in Samaria
(and they who live in Samaria), saying in the pride and greatness of
heart,
10 Tilestones
fell down (The bricks fell down), but we shall build with square
stones; they have cut down (the) sycamores, but we shall (ex)change
(them for) cedars.
11 And
the Lord shall raise (up) the enemies of Rezin on him, and he shall
turn the enemies of him into noise; (And the Lord shall raise up Rezin’s
enemies against him, and his enemies shall attack him;)
12 God shall make Syria to come
from the east, and (the) Philistines from the west; and with all the
mouth they shall devour Israel. In all these things the strong vengeance
of the Lord is not turned away, but yet his hand is stretched forth;
13 and the people is not turned again to the Lord smiting it, and they sought not the Lord of hosts. (and still the people did not turn again to the Lord/and still the people did not return to the Lord, who struck them, yea, they did not seek out the Lord of hosts.)
14 And the Lord shall lose from Israel the head and the tail, [the] crooking and [the] beshrewing, either (the) refraining, in one day. (And the Lord shall destroy in Israel the head and the tail, yea, the crooked and the depraved, all in one day.)
15 An
eld man and honourable, he is the head; and a prophet teaching leasing,
he is the tail. (An old and honourable man, he is the head; and a
prophet teaching lies, he is the tail.)
16 And they that bless his people, shall be deceivers, and they that be blessed, shall be cast down. (And they who bless his people, shall be deceivers, and they who be blessed, shall be cast down.)
17 For
this thing the Lord shall not be glad on the young men thereof, and he
shall not have mercy on the fatherless children and widows thereof; for
each man is an hypocrite and wayward, and each mouth spake folly. In all
these things the strong vengeance of him is not turned away, but yet
his hand is stretched forth; and the people is not turned again to the Lord smiting it (and still the people did not turn again to the Lord/and still the people did not return to the Lord, who struck them).
18 For
why wickedness is kindled as fire; it shall devour the briars and
thorns, and it shall be kindled in the thickness of the forest, and it
shall be wrapped (al)together in the pride of smoke. (For wickedness is
kindled like a fire; it shall devour the briars and thorns, and it shall
be kindled in the thickness of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up
in a pall, or in a column, of smoke.)
19 In
the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land shall be troubled, and the
people shall be as the meat of fire (and the people shall become food
for the fire); a man shall not spare his brother.
20 And
he shall bow to the right half, and he shall hunger, and he shall eat
at the left half, and he shall not be [ful]filled; each man shall devour
the flesh of his arm. (And one person shall turn to the right, and he
shall still have hunger, and another shall eat on the left, and he shall
not be fulfilled; and everyone shall devour the flesh of their own
children.)
21 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim shall devour
Manasseh, and they together against Judah. In all these things the
strong vengeance of him is not turned away, but yet his hand is stretched forth.
Wycliffe Bible (WYC) 2001 by Terence P. Noble
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