ISAIAH
Onzs xo, 11, Boox I.
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CH. 5.
Woe! you call evil, Good, and tum Good into evil,
And Darkness the Light, and tum Light into Darkness;
The Bitter to Sweet, and the Sweet into Bitter!
Alas! in your eyes you are wise--—to.y0ur own feces prudent,
Woe, you heroes with drunkards, brave men to mix drink!
Who for bribes wrong to right, and tum right into wrong,
So, as 1ire’s tongue eats chaff, and the flame consumes hay,
There shoot shall be scorched, and their bloom iiy as dust,
For the Laws of the LORD 0F H0s‘1>s they have despised,
And derided the words of the Holy of Israel
And so for his people the LOR1>’s anger burnt,
So he stretched out his hand over them and has struck;
The Hills shook, and their mass was flung into the Squares,
And their bulk was like wreck in the heart of the streets!
Yet His anger turns not for this, but His hand is extended still l
And the Nations from far He will also ronse up,
And whistle to them from the bounds of the earth,
And look I how they hasten·—now quick they come on!
None weary or stumble, they sleep not or slumber,
Their belts not unclasped, and their boots not unlaced.
Their arrows are sharpened, their bows are all bent,
Their horse hoofs are flint, and their car wheels a whirlwind.
Like a lion they growl, and they bellow like tigers;
They seize prey, and go,—and no one can prevent,
Though at them they roar like the roar of the seal
Then men will look down to the earth-and behold dark despair,
And by its deep gloom the light will seem black.
Ons 11.
Szdrnhnrinrg glut: leg Zseinly.
In the year of King Uzzialrs death,
I saw the Almighty seated upon a
high and lofty throne, and His atten-
dants filled the Temple.
Seraphim stood around Him each
with six wings. With two they
covered their faces; with two they
clothed their feet; and they flew
with two; and one called to the
other exclaiming
‘Ho1y, holy, Loan or Hosrs,
The Earth is full of Your splen-
4 And the Guards at the doorways
trembled at the sound of the Anthem,
and a. thick cloud hlled the house.
Alas for me! for
I shall die! since I am a man of
sinful lips, and I live amongst a race
of sinful lips l-——Yet I have seen the
Royal Loan or Hostrs with my
But one from amongst the Sera-
phim flew and took by his hand
with the tongs a coal from off the
Altar, and touched me on the mouth
and said,
‘ Now this has touched your lips
it has removed your frailty, and
covered your sins.
Then I heard the voice of the LORD
Whom shall I send P and who
will go for us ? ’
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I am here; I will go
Go! and say to this People,
Hearing, you hear, but never perceive ;
Seeing, you see, but never will learn !
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For this People’s heart has grown fat,
Deaf-eared, they have blinded their eyes,
Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
Understand with their heart,
And turn and he healed l '
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