 chapters 59 through 66 of Isaiah, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org recording by Sam Stinson chapter 59. Behold Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear but your iniquities have separated between you and your God and your sins have hid his face from you so that he will not hear for your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity your lips have spoken lies your tongue muttereth wickedness none sueth in righteousness and none pleadeth in truth they trust in vanity and speak lies they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity they hatch adder's eggs and weave the spider's web he that eateth of their eggs dyeth and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper their webs shall not become garments neither shall they cover themselves with their works their works are works of iniquity and the act of violence is in their hands their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed innocent blood their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity desolation and destruction are in their paths the way of peace they know not and there is no justice in their goings they have made them crooked paths whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace therefore is justice far from us neither doth righteousness overtake us we look for light but behold darkness for brightness but we walk in obscurity we grope for the wall like the blind yay we grope as they that have no eyes we stumble at noon day as in the twilight among them that are lusty we are as dead men we roar all like bears and moan soar like doves we look for justice but there is none for salvation but it is far off from us for our transgressions are multiplied before thee and our sins testify against us for our transgressions are with us and as for our iniquities we know them transgressing and denying Jehovah and turning away from following our God speaking oppression and revolt conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood and justice is turned away backward and righteousness standeth afar off for truth is fallen in the street and uprightness cannot enter yay truth is lacking and he that departed from evil maketh himself a prey and Jehovah saw it and it displeased him that there was no justice and he saw that there was no man and wondered that there was no intercessor therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him that his righteousness it upheld him and he put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation upon his head and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a mantle according to their deeds accordingly he will repay wrath to his adversaries recompense to his enemies to the islands he will repay recompense so shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west in his glory from the rising of the sun for he will come as a rushing stream which the breath of Jehovah driveeth and redeemer will come to Zion and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob sayeth Jehovah and as for me this is my covenant with them sayeth Jehovah my spirit that is upon thee and my words which I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed sayeth Jehovah from henceforth and for ever and of chapter 59 chapter 60 arise shine for thy light is come and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee for behold darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the peoples but Jehovah will arise upon thee and his glory shall be seen upon thee and nations shall come to thy light and kings to the brightness of thy rising lift up thine eyes round about and see they all gather themselves together they come to thee thy sons shall come from far and thy daughters shall be carried in the arms then thou shalt see and be radiant and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee the multitude of camels shall cover thee the dramataries of Midian and Eva all they from Sheba shall come they shall bring gold in frankincense and shall proclaim the praises of Jehovah all the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee the rams of Nibbioff shall minister unto thee they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar and I will glorify the house of my glory who are these that fly as a cloud and as the doves to their windows surely the aisles shall wait for me and the ships of Tarshish first to bring thy sons from far their silver and their gold with them for the name of Jehovah thy God and for the holy one of Israel because he hath glorified thee and foreigners shall build up thy walls and their kings shall minister unto thee for in my wrath I smoke thee but in my favor have I had mercy on thee thy gates also shall be open continually they shall not be shut day nor night that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations and their kings led captive for that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish ye those nations shall be utterly wasted the glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee the fir tree the pine and the box tree together to beautify the place of my sanctuary and I will make the place of my feet glorious and the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the souls of thy feet and they shall call thee the city of Jehovah the Zion of the holy one of Israel whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated so that no man passed through thee I will make thee an eternal excellency a joy of many generations thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations and shalt suck the breast of kings and thou shalt know that I Jehovah am thy savior and thy redeemer the mighty one of Jacob for brass I will bring gold and for iron I will bring silver and for wood brass and for stones iron I will also make thy officers peace and thine exacters righteousness violent shall no more be heard in thy land desolation nor destruction within thy borders but thou shalt call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise the sun shall be no more thy light by day neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light and thy God thy glory thy sun shall no more go down neither shall thy moon withdraw itself for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light and the days of thy morning shall be ended thy people also shall be all righteous they shall inherit the land forever the branch of my planting the work of my hands that I may be glorified the little one shall become a thousand and the small one a strong nation I Jehovah will hasten it in its time and of chapter sixty chapter sixty one the spirit of the lord Jehovah is upon me because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek he hath sent me to bind up the broken harness to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all that mourn to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion to give unto them a garland for ashes the oil of joy for mourning the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness that they may be called trees of righteousness the planting of Jehovah that he may be glorified and they shall build the old wastes they shall raise up the former desolations and they shall repair the waste cities the desolations of many generations and strangers shall stand and feed your flocks and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine dressers but ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah men shall call you the ministers of our God ye shall eat the wealth of the nations and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves instead of your shame ye shall have double and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion therefore in their land they shall possess double everlasting joy shall be unto them for I Jehovah love justice I hate robbery with iniquity and I will give them their recompense and truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them and their seed shall be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples all that see them shall acknowledge them that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah my soul shall be joyful in my God for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness as a bride groom decketh himself with a garland and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels for as the earth bringeth forth its bud and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations and of chapter 61 chapter 62 for Zion's sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until her righteousness go forth as brightness and her salvation as a lamp that burneth and the nations shall see thy righteousness and all kings thy glory and thou shalt be called by a new name which the mouth of Jehovah shall name thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God thou shalt no more be termed forsaken neither shall thy land any more be termed desolate but thou shalt be called Heffsy Ba and thy land Bula for Jehovah delighteth in thee and thy land shall be married for as a young man marryeth a virgin so shall thy sons marry thee and as the bride grim rejoiceth over the bride so shall thy God rejoice over thee I have set watchmen upon thy walls oh Jerusalem they shall never hold their peace day nor night ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers take ye no rest and give him no rest till he establish until he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine for which thou hast labored but they that have garnered it shall eat it and praise Jehovah and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary go through go through the gates repair ye the way of the people cast up cast up the highway gather out the stones lift up an ensign for the peoples behold Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth say ye to the daughter of Zion behold thy salvation cometh behold his reward is with him and his recompense before him and they shall call them the holy people the redeemed of Jehovah and thou shalt be called sought out a city not forsaken end of chapter 62 chapter 63 who is this that cometh from Edom with dyed garments from Basra this that is glorious in his apparel marching in the greatness of his strength I that speak in righteousness mighty to save wherefore art thou red in thine apparel and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine vat I have trod in the wine press alone and of the peoples there was no man with me yea I trod them in mine anger and trample them in my wrath and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments and I have stained all my raiment for the day of vengeance was in my heart and the year of my redeemed is come and I looked and there was none to help and I wondered that there was none to uphold therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me and my wrath it upheld me and I trod down the peoples in mine anger and made them drunk in my wrath and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Jehovah and the praises of Jehovah according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses for he said surely they are my people children that will not deal falsely so he was their savior and all their affliction he was afflicted and the angel of his presence saved them in his love and in his pity he redeemed them and he bear them and carried them all the days of old but they rebelled and grieved his holy spirit therefore he was turned to be their enemy and himself fought against them then he remembered the days of old moses and his people saying where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock where is he that put his holy spirit in the midst of them that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of moses that divided the waters before them to make himself an everlasting name that led them through the depths as a horse in the wilderness so that they stumbled not as the cattle that go down into the valley the spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest so didst thou lead thy people to make thyself a glorious name look down from heaven and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me for thou art our father though abraham knoweth us not and israel doth not acknowledge us thou oh Jehovah art our father our redeemer from everlasting is thy name oh Jehovah why does thou make us to air from thy ways and harden us our heart from thy fear return for thy servant's sake the tribes of thine inheritance thy holy people possessed it but a little while our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary we are become as they over whom thou never bearest rule as they that were not called by thy name end of chapter 63 chapter 64 oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens that thou wouldest come down that the mountains might quake at thy presence as when fire kindled at the brushwood and the fire causeth the waters to boil to make thy name known to thine adversaries that the nations may tremble at thy presence when thou didst terrible things which we looked not for thou came us down the mountains quake at thy presence for from of old men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen a god besides thee who worketh for him that waited for him thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness those that remember thee and thy ways behold thou wasst wrath and we sinned and them have we been of long time and shall we be saved for we are all become as one that is unclean and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment and we all do fade as a leaf and our iniquities like the wind take us away and there is none that calleth upon thy name that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee for thou hast hid thy face from us and has consumed us by means of our iniquities but now oh johova thou art our father we are the clay and thou our potter and we all are the work of thy hand be not wroth very sore oh johova neither remember iniquity forever behold look we beseech thee we are all thy people thy holy cities are become a wilderness zine is become a wilderness Jerusalem a desolation our holy and our beautiful house where our father's praise to thee is burned with fire and all our pleasant places are laid waste will thou refrain thyself for these things oh johova will thou hold thy peace and afflict us very sore end of chapter 64 chapter 65 i am inquired of by them that ask not for me i am found of them that sought me not i said behold me behold me unto a nation that was not called by my name i have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people that walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts a people that provoke me to my face continually sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon bricks that sit among the graves and lodge in the secret places that eat swine's flesh and broth of abominable things is in their vessels that say stand by thyself come not near to me for i am holier than thou these are a smoke in my nose a fire that burneth all the day behold it is written before me i will not keep silence but will recompense yay i will recompense into their bosom your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together sayeth johova that have burned incense upon the mountains and blasphemed me upon the hills therefore will i first measure their works into their bosom but sayeth johova as the new wine is found in the cluster and one sayeth destroy it not for a blessing is in it so will i do for my servant's sake that i may not destroy them all and i will bring forth a seed out of jacob and out of juda an inheritor of my mountains and my chosen shall inherit it and my servants shall dwell there and Sharon shall be a fold of flocks and the valley of acor a place for herds to lie down in for my people that have sought me but ye that forsake johova that forget my holy mountain that prepare a table for fortune and that fill up mingled wine unto destiny i will destine you to the sword and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter because when i called he did not answer when i spake he did not hear but ye did that which was evil in my eyes and chose that wherein i delighted not therefore thus sayeth the lord johova behold my servants shall eat but ye shall be hungry behold my servant shall drink but ye shall be thirsty behold my servant shall rejoice but ye shall be put to shame behold my servants shall sing for joy of heart but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart and shall wail for vexation of spirit and ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen and the lord johova will slay thee and he will call his servants by another name so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the god of truth and he that swearth in the earth shall swear by the god of truth because the former troubles are forgotten and because they are hid from mine eyes for behold i create new heavens and a new earth and the former things shall not be remembered nor come into mind but be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which i create for behold i create jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy and i will rejoice in jerusalem and joy in my people and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying there shall be no more than an infant of days nor an old man that hath not filled his days for the child shall die a hundred years old and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed and they shall build houses and inhabit them and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them they shall not build in another inhabit they shall not plant in another eat for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands they shall not labor in vain nor bring forth for calamity for they are the seed of the blessed of jojoba and their offspring with them and it shall come to pass that before they call i will answer and while they are yet speaking i will hear the wolf and the lamb shall feed together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox and dust shall be the serpent's food they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain sayeth jojoba end of chapter 65 chapter 66 thus sayeth jojoba heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool what manner of house will ye build unto me and what place shall be my rest for all these things hath my hand made and so all these things came to be sayeth jojoba but to this man will i look even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and that trembleeth at my word he that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man he that sacrifices a lamb as he that breaketh a dog's neck he that offered an oblation as he that offered swine's blood he that burneth frankincense as he that blesseth an idol yea they have chosen their own ways and they're sold a lighteth in their abominations i also will choose their delusions and will bring their fears upon them because what i called none did answer when i spake they did not hear but they did that which was evil in mine eyes and chose that wherein i delighted not hear the word of jojoba ye that tremble at his word you are brethren that hate you that cast you out for my name's sake have said let jojoba be glorified that we may see your joy but it is they that shall be put to shame a voice of tumult from the city a voice from the temple a voice of jojoba that rendereth recompense to his enemies before she travailed she brought forth before her pain came she was delivered of a man child who hath heard such a thing who hath seen such things shall a land be born in one day shall a nation be brought forth at once for as soon as zion travailed she brought forth her children shall i bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth sayeth jojoba shall i that cause to bring forth shut the womb sayeth i god rejoice ye with jerusalem and be glad for her all ye that love her rejoice for joy with her all ye that mourn over her that ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations that ye may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory for thus sayeth jojoba behold i will extend peace to her like a river and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream and ye shall suck thereof ye shall be born upon the side and shall be dandled upon the knees and as one whom his mother comforteth so will i comfort you and ye shall be comforted in jerusalem and ye shall see it and your heart shall rejoice and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass and the hand of jojoba shall be known toward his servants and he will have indignation against his enemies for behold jojoba will come with fire and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind to render his anger with fierceness and his rebuke with flames of fire for by fire will jojoba execute judgment and by his sword upon all flesh and the slain of jojoba shall be many they that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go into the gardens behind one in the midst eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse they shall come to an end together sayeth jojoba for i know their works and their thoughts the time cometh that i will gather all nations and tongues and they shall come and shall see my glory and i will set a sign among them and i will send such as escape of them unto the nations to tarshish pull and lewd that draw the bow to tubal and javen to the aisles afar off that have not heard my fame neither have seen my glory and they shall declare my glory among the nations and they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an oblation unto jojoba upon horses and in chariots and in litters and upon mules and upon dromedaries to my holy mountain jerusalem sayeth jojoba as the children of israel bring their oblation in a clean vessel into the house of jojoba and of them also will i take for priests and for levines sayeth jojoba for as the new heavens and the new earth which i will make shall remain before me say of jojoba so shall your seed and your name remain and it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another and from one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me sayeth jojoba and they shall go forth and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have transgressed against me for their worm shall not die neither shall their fire be quenched and they shall be an uproaring unto all flesh end of chapter 66 and also the end of isea american standard version