Isaiah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 454
The Books of the Prophets
from the hands of the Messengers, he read them, and then went up to the House of the EvER·1.1viN<;, where Hezekiah spread them before the presence of the EvER~L1v1NG; and Hezekiah prayed to the EVER-L1V1NG, and said; ‘ Evmz-L1v1NG Anmrcmry Gov of
Israel, Who dwell with the Kerubim ; You are the ONLY GOD of all the
Kingdoms of the Earth, for YOU made the Heavens and the Earth. Bend, EVER-LIVING, Your ear and hear; open, EVER-L1v1NG, Your eye and see and hear all the words that Senakerib has sent to insult the GOD or MFE. ‘Truly, EvER·L1vING, the Kings
of Ashur have ruined all the Countries and their lands, and have thrown their gods into the fire,-·—for they were not GODS,-·-but only the work of men’s hands, from wood and stone, and were destructible. But now our EvER—r.1v1N<; GOD
can save us from his hand, when all that You alone are EvER·r,1v1N<;. Isaiah-ben-Amoz the Preacher, afterwards sent to Hezekiah to say; Thus says the Evnx-Livmo Gon Of Israe1,—- ‘ Since you prayed to Me about the
King of Ashur,-··-This is the reply which the Evan-Livmo sends to him-! H ODE 56. ($¤h’s ilzplg in lllnhshaknb mth §2nakerilr. ' At you the scornful Virgin daughter of Zion laughs; ]erusalem’s Daughter, rollowing shakes her head. Against Whom is your libellous insult? Against Whom do you raise up your voice, And lift up your insolent eyes? Against the Home or Ismm.! ‘ By the hand of your Slave you insulted MY Prince ; I ride over the hill tops, Over Lebanon striding, I fell his tall Cedars, And beautiful Pines; And lodge on the high cliff of his forest of Carmel l I have dug and drank water, And dried with my soles all the meats of the Forts l ’ ‘ Have you not heard from afar of My actions aforetime P How I planned you to bring to them all desolation? To turn fortified Cities to ruinous heaps? Made them crops to your hand, and depressed? Like field plants, and green grass on town roofs, Scorched up before grown? ‘ And your campaigns, and march, and advancing I knew; And your rage against Me,-—Yes! your rage against Me, And your fury has come to My ears! So MY hook I will put in your nose, and My bit in your jaws, And lead back by the way that you camel For your proof,—-·eat self·sowings this year; And. the next year the same; Sow and reap in the third, And plant vines and eat fruits. ‘ ]udah’s house from its fragments in safety shall rise, Branches spring from the root and bear fruit up aloft; From jerusalem fragments shall go, And a Flight from Mount Zion ;-· As the LORD OF HOS‘1‘S’ power decrees. 454 18 X9 20 2}
