Isa 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 | NASB2020 | STEP | In the days to come Jacob will take root , Israel will blossom and sprout , And they will fill the whole world with fruit .

Isaiah 27:6-13

6 ^{▼▼Lit Those coming}In the days to come Jacob ^bwill take root,
Israel will ^cblossom and sprout,
And they will fill the ^{▼▼Lit face of the world}whole world with ^efruit.

7 Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has ^fHe struck them?
Or like the slaughter of His slain, ^{▼▼Lit he was slain}have they been slain?
8 You contended with them ^{▼▼Some ancient versions by exact measure}by banishing them, by ⁱdriving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the ^jeast wind.
9 Therefore through this Jacob’s wrongdoing will be ^kforgiven;
And this will be ^{▼▼Lit all the fruit}the full price of the ^{▼▼Lit removing
,} ⁿpardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the ^oaltar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When ^{▼▼I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)}Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
10 For the fortified city is ^qisolated,
A ^{▼▼Lit pasture}homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
^sThere the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and ^{▼▼Lit consume}feed on its branches.
11 When its ^ulimbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of ^vdiscernment,
Therefore ^wtheir Maker ^xwill not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

12 On that day the Lord ^ywill thresh from the flowing stream of the ^zEuphrates River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be ^aagathered up one by one, you sons of Israel. 13 It will come about also on that day that a great ^abtrumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of ^acAssyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and ^adworship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 28:1-13

Ephraim’s Captivity Predicted

1 Woe to the proud crown of the ^aehabitually drunk of ^afEphraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^{▼▼Lit valley of fatness}fertile valley
Of those who are ^{▼▼Lit stricken}overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and ^aimighty agent;
As a storm of ^ajhail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of ^akmighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.
3 The splendid crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim is ^altrampled underfoot.
4 And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the ^{▼▼Lit valley of fatness}fertile valley,
Will be like the ^anfirst-ripe fig prior to the summer,
Which ^{▼▼Lit the one seeing sees}one sees,
And ^{▼▼Lit while it is yet}as soon as it is in his ^{▼▼Lit palm}hand,
He swallows it.
5 On that day the ^arLord of armies will become a beautiful ^ascrown
And a glorious wreath to the remnant of His people;
6 A ^atspirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,
A ^austrength to those who repel the ^{▼▼Lit battle}onslaught at the gate.
7 And these also ^awreel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink:
^axThe priest and ^aythe prophet reel with intoxicating drink,
They are confused by wine, they stagger from ^azintoxicating drink;
They reel while ^{▼▼Lit seeing}having ^bbvisions,
They stagger when rendering a verdict.
8 For all the tables are full of filthy ^bcvomit, without a single clean place.

9 “To ^bdwhom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just ^beweaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
10 “For He says,
‘ ^{▼▼Heb Sav lasav, sav lasav, Kav lakav, kav lakav, Zeer sham, zeer sham. These Hebrew fragments, imitating the babbling of a child, mock the prophet’s preaching.
,} ^bgOrder on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there.’”
11 Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through ^bhstammering lips and a foreign tongue,
12 He who said to them, “This is the ^biplace of quiet, give rest to the weary,”
And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.
13 So the word of the Lord to them will be,
“ ^{▼▼See note v 10. The Lord responds to their scoffing by imitating their mockery, to represent the unintelligible language of a conqueror.}Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and ^bkstumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.

Isaiah 29:22-23

22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed ^blAbraham, says concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob ^bmwill not be ashamed now, nor will his face turn pale now;
23 But when ^{▼▼Or his children see}he sees his ^bochildren, the ^bpwork of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will ^bqsanctify the Holy One of Jacob,
And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.