3:6 Indeed, a man will grab his brother
right in his father’s house 1 and say, 2
‘You own a coat –
you be our leader!
This heap of ruins will be under your control.’ 3
9:19 Because of the anger of the Lord who commands armies, the land was scorched, 4
and the people became fuel for the fire. 5
People had no compassion on one another. 6
9:20 They devoured 7 on the right, but were still hungry,
they ate on the left, but were not satisfied.
People even ate 8 the flesh of their own arm! 9
13:8 They panic –
cramps and pain seize hold of them
like those of a woman who is straining to give birth.
They look at one another in astonishment;
their faces are flushed red. 10
13:14 Like a frightened gazelle 11
or a sheep with no shepherd,
each will turn toward home, 12
each will run to his homeland.
21:9 Look what’s coming!
A charioteer,
a team of horses.” 13
When questioned, he replies, 14
“Babylon has fallen, fallen!
All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
31:8 Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; 18
a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. 19
They will run away from this sword 20
and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.
32:2 Each of them 21 will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from a rainstorm;
like streams of water in a dry region
and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.
44:13 A carpenter takes measurements; 23
he marks out an outline of its form; 24
he scrapes 25 it with chisels,
and marks it with a compass.
He patterns it after the human form, 26
like a well-built human being,
and puts it in a shrine. 27
46:11 who summons an eagle 28 from the east,
from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.
Yes, I have decreed, 29
yes, I will bring it to pass;
I have formulated a plan,
yes, I will carry it out.
53:3 He was despised and rejected by people, 30
one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness;
people hid their faces from him; 31
he was despised, and we considered him insignificant. 32
56:11 The dogs have big appetites;
they are never full. 33
They are shepherds who have no understanding;
they all go their own way,
each one looking for monetary gain. 34
57:1 The godly 35 perish,
but no one cares. 36
Honest people disappear, 37
when no one 38 minds 39
that the godly 40 disappear 41 because of 42 evil. 43
59:16 He sees there is no advocate; 44
he is shocked 45 that no one intervenes.
So he takes matters into his own hands; 46
his desire for justice drives him on. 47
63:3 “I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself;
no one from the nations joined me.
I stomped on them 48 in my anger;
I trampled them down in my rage.
Their juice splashed on my garments,
and stained 49 all my clothes.