1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 3 “Hearken unto Me, O house of …
Category Archives: First Blood Covenant (Tanakh)
Isaiah 47
1 “Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon (Bavel), sit on the ground; there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! for you shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal. Uncover your locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass …
Isaiah 48
1 Hear you this, O house of Jacob (Yaaqov), who are called by the name of Yisrael, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah (Yehudah), which swear by the name of יהוה, and make mention of the God of Israel (Elohei Yisrael), but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they …
Isaiah 49
1 “Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, you people, from far; יהוה hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath He made mention of my name. 2 And He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand hath He hid me, and made …
Isaiah 50
1 Thus saith יהוה: “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have you sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no …
Isaiah 51
1 Hearken to Me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek יהוה; look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence you are digged. 2 Look unto Avraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.” …
Isaiah 52
1 Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion (Tsiyon); put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem (Yerushalayim), the holy city! For henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. 2 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem (Yerushalayim); loose yourself from the bands of your …
Isaiah 53
1 Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of יהוה revealed? 2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should …
Isaiah 54
1 “Sing, O barren, you that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” saith יהוה. 2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of …
Isaiah 55
1 “Ho! Every one that thirsteth, come you to the waters, and he that hath no money; come you, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do you spend money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently …