Comparison of Pentateuch:
Jewish Publication Society 1917
Targum Jonathan Ben Uziel:
The Chaldee Paraphrase on
The Prophet Isaiah
C. W. H. Pauli (1871)

 

Isaiah
Chapter 65

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Isaiah 64 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targum TOC Isaiah 66
Isaiah 65:1
JPS 65:1 I gave access to them that asked not for Me, I was at hand to them that sought Me not; I said: 'Behold Me, behold Me', Unto a nation that was not called by My name.
TJBU 65:1 I am asked concerning my Word of them that have not asked after me; I am inquired of for instruction in my law, of them who have not sought my fear: I will say, Behold, I am inquired after continually, all the day, of a people that hath not prayed in my name.
 
Isaiah 65:2
JPS 65:2 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;
TJBU 65:2 I have sent my prophets every day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way which was not good, after their own thoughts;
 
Isaiah 65:3
JPS 65:3 A people that provoke Me To My face continually, That sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense upon bricks;
TJBU 65:3 A people that provoketh my Word to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens to idols, and offereth aromatic spices upon bricks;
 
Isaiah 65:4
JPS 65:4 That sit among the graves, And lodge in the vaults; That eat swine's flesh, And broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
TJBU 65:4 Who dwell in houses, which are built of the dust of graves, with the dead bodies of the sons of men they dwell, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
 
Isaiah 65:5
JPS 65:5 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.
TJBU 65:5 Who say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; because I am purer than thou. These their provocations are as smoke before me: their re compense shall be in hell, where the fire burneth all the day.
 
Isaiah 65:6
JPS 65:6 Behold, it is written before Me; I will not keep silence, except I have requited, Yea, I will requite into their bosom,
TJBU 65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not give unto them prolongation in this life; but I will recompense unto them the wages for their sins, and deliver their bodies to the second death.
 
Isaiah 65:7
JPS 65:7 Your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, Saith the LORD, That have offered upon the mountains, And blasphemed Me upon the hills; Therefore will I first measure their wage into their bosom.
TJBU 65:7 Your sins and the sins of your fathers to gether are revealed before me, saith the Lord, which have offered incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I give the reward of their former works into their bosom.
 
Isaiah 65:8
JPS 65:8 Thus saith the LORD: As, when wine is found in the cluster, One saith: 'Destroy it not, For a blessing is in it'; So will I do for My servants' sakes, That I may not destroy all.
TJBU 65:8 Thus saith the Lord, As Noah was found righteous in the generation of the deluge, and I said that I would not destroy him, for the purpose that I might raise up the world by him; so will I do for my righteous servants' sakes, in order that I may not destroy them all.
 
Isaiah 65:9
JPS 65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, And out of Judah an inheritor of My mountains; And Mine elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there.
TJBU 65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my righteous servants shall dwell there.
 
Isaiah 65:10
JPS 65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, And the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, For My people that have sought Me;
TJBU 65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the crouching down of the herds of oxen, for my people which have sought my fear.
 
Isaiah 65:11
JPS 65:11 But ye that forsake the LORD, That forget My holy mountain, That prepare a table for Fortune, And that offer mingled wine in full measure unto Destiny,
TJBU 65:11 But ye, O house of Israel, ye have for saken the worship of the Lord, ye have forgotten the worship of my holy mountain, that prepare tables for the idols, and mix goblets for their gods.
 
Isaiah 65:12
JPS 65:12 I will destine you to the sword, And ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; Because when I called, ye did not answer, When I spoke, ye did not hear; But ye did that which was evil in Mine eyes, And chose that wherein I delighted not.
TJBU 65:12 Therefore will I deliver them to the sword, yea, all of you shall be delivered to the slaughter; because I sent my prophets, and ye repented not; they prophesied, and ye did not receive them; but did evil before me, and delighted yourselves in that I would not.
 
Isaiah 65:13
JPS 65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, My servants shall eat, But ye shall be hungry; Behold, My servants shall drink, But ye shall be thirsty; Behold, My servants shall rejoice, But ye shall be ashamed;
TJBU 65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my righteous servants shall eat, but ye, wicked, shall be hungry: behold, my righteous servants shall drink, but ye, wicked, shall be thirsty: behold, my righteous servants shall rejoice, but ye, wicked, shall be ashamed:
 
Isaiah 65:14
JPS 65:14 Behold, My servants shall sing For joy of heart, But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, And shall wail for vexation of spirit.
TJBU 65:14 Behold, my righteous servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and ye shall howl for vexation of spirit.
 
Isaiah 65:15
JPS 65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto Mine elect: 'So may the Lord GOD slay thee'; But He shall call His servants by another name;
TJBU 65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay you with the second death, and call His righteous servants by another name:
 
Isaiah 65:16
JPS 65:16 So that he who blesseth himself in the earth Shall bless himself by the God of truth; And he that sweareth in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hid from Mine eyes.
TJBU 65:16 That he who blesseth in the earth shall bless by the God of the covenant, and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of the covenant; because, the former troubles shall be forgotten, and because they shall be hidden from before me.
 
Isaiah 65:17
JPS 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens And a new earth; And the former things shall not be remembered, Nor come into mind.
TJBU 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remem bered, neither shall they come into mind.
 
Isaiah 65:18
JPS 65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever In that which I create; For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy.
TJBU 65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice in the world of worlds, which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
 
Isaiah 65:19
JPS 65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; And the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.
TJBU 65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and my people shall be glad in her: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of those that cry.
 
Isaiah 65:20
JPS 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man, That hath not filled his days; For the youngest shall die a hundred years old, And the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
TJBU 65:20 There shall be no more thence a suckling of days, or an old man that shall not accomplish his days, for even the child that sinneth shall die an hundred years old; but he that is a sinner being an hundred years old shall be thrust out.
 
Isaiah 65:21
JPS 65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
TJBU 65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
 
Isaiah 65:22
JPS 65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit, They shall not plant, and another eat; For as the days of a tree shall be the days of My people, And Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
TJBU 65:22 They shall not build, and others inhabit; they shall not plant, and others eat: for as the days of the tree of life are the days of my people, and mine elect shall wear out the work of their hands.
 
Isaiah 65:23
JPS 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, Nor bring forth for terror; For they are the seed blessed of the LORD, And their offspring with them.
TJBU 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, neither shall they rear up children for death, for they shall be the seed which the Lord has blessed, and the children of their children with them.
 
Isaiah 65:24
JPS 65:24 And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer, And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
TJBU 65:24 And it shall come to pass, before they shall pray before me, that I will hear their prayer; and before they supplicate before me, I will grant their request.
 
Isaiah 65:25
JPS 65:25 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, Saith the LORD.
TJBU 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and as for the serpent, dust shall be its food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
 
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