Category Archives: Yesha ‘yahu (Isa)

1 “Listen to me, you pursuers of justice, you who seekAdonai: consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were dug — 2 consider Avraham your father and Sarah, who gave birth to you; in that I called him when he was only one person, then blessed him and made […]

1 Awake! Awake, Tziyon! Clothe yourself with your strength! Dress in your splendid garments, Yerushalayim, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will enter you no more. 2 Shake off the dust! Arise! Be enthroned, Yerushalayim! Loosen the chains on your neck, captive daughter of Tziyon! 3 For thus saysAdonai: “You were sold […]

1 Who believes our report? To whom is the arm ofAdonairevealed? 2 For before him he grew up like a young plant, like a root out of dry ground. He was not well-formed or especially handsome; we saw him, but his appearance did not attract us. 3 People despised and avoided him, a man of […]

1 “Sing, barren woman who has never had a child! Burst into song, shout for joy, you who have never been in labor! For the deserted wife will have more children than the woman who is living with her husband,” saysAdonai. 2 Enlarge the space for your tent, extend the curtains of your dwelling; do […]

1 “All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You without money, come, buy, and eat! Yes, come! Buy wine and milk without money — it’s free! 2 Why spend money for what isn’t food, your wages for what doesn’t satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will eat well, you will enjoy the […]

1 Here is whatAdonaisays: “Observe justice, do what is right, for my salvation is close to coming, my righteousness to being revealed.” 2 Happy is the person who does this, anyone who grasps it firmly, who keepsShabbatand does not profane it, and keeps himself from doing any evil. 3 A foreigner joiningAdonaishould not say, “Adonaiwill […]

1 The righteous person perishes, and nobody gives it a thought. Godly men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from the evil yet to come. 2 Yes, those who live uprightly will have peace as they rest on their couches. 3 “But you, you witches’ children, come […]

1 Shout out loud! Don’t hold back! Raise your voice like ashofar! Proclaim to my people what rebels they are, to the house of Ya‘akov their sins. 2 “Oh yes, they seek me day after day and [claim to] delight in knowing my ways. As if they were an upright nation that had not abandoned […]

1 Adonai’s arm is not too short to save, nor is his ear too dull to hear. 2 Rather, it is your own crimes that separate you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he doesn’t hear. 3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with […]

1 “Arise, shine [Yerushalayim], for your light has come, the glory ofAdonai has risen over you. 2 For although darkness covers the earth and thick darkness the peoples; on youAdonaiwill rise; over you will be seen his glory. 3 Nations will go toward your light and kings toward your shining splendor. 4 Raise your eyes […]