ואתחנן — All forms of the verb חנן signify an ex gratia gift. Although the righteous might make a claim to reward depend Upon their good deeds, yet they solicit from the Omnipresent only an ex gratia gift. [Because He had said to him, (Exodus 33:19) “I will show grace (וחנתי) unto him to whom I will show grace”, he (Moses) when referring to his entreaty of God uses the expression (lit., spoke to Him) "I implored grace (ואתחנן)” (Midrash Tanchuma 5:2:3] — Another explanation is that the idea of an ex gratia gift is not to be stressed; but this is merely one of the ten terms by which prayer is described, as are enumerated in Sifrei Devarim 26:7.

(3) And one would call to the other,“Holy, holy, holy! GOD of Hosts—Whose presence fills all the earth!”

(6) Then one of the seraphs—who had taken a live coal from the altar with a pair of tongs—flew over to me,

(4) He makes the winds His messengers,fiery flames His servants.

(1) After that,I will pour out My spirit on all flesh;Your sons and daughters shall prophesy;Your elders shall dream dreams,And your youths shall see visions.

(1) But a shoot shall grow out of the stump of Jesse,A twig shall sprout from his stock. (2) The spirit of GOD shall alight upon him:A spirit of wisdom and insight,A spirit of counsel and valor,A spirit of devotion and reverence for GOD. (3) He shall sense the truth by his reverence for GOD:He shall not judge by what his eyes behold,Nor decide by what his ears perceive. (4) Thus he shall judge the poor with equityAnd decide with justice for the lowly of the land.He shall strike down a land with the rod of his mouthAnd slay the wicked with the breath of his lips. (5) Justice shall be the girdle of his loins,And faithfulness the girdle of his waist.

(5) In that day, GOD of Hosts shall become a crown of beauty and a diadem of glory for the remnant of this people, (6) and a spirit of judgment for the one who sits in judgment and of valor for those who repel attacks at the gate. (7) But these are also muddled by wineAnd dazed by liquor:Priest and prophetAre muddled by liquor;They are confused by wine,They are dazed by liquor;They are muddled in their visions,They stumble in judgment. (8) Yea, all tables are coveredWith vomit and filth,So that no space is left.

(15) Till a spirit from on high is poured out on us,And wilderness is transformed into farmland,While farmland rates as mere brush. (16) Then justice shall abide in the wildernessAnd righteousness shall dwell on the farmland.

(14) [ GOD ] says:Build up, build up a highway!Clear a road!Remove all obstaclesFrom the road of My people! (15) For thus said the One who high aloftForever dwells, whose name is holy:I dwell on high, in holiness;Yet with the contrite and the lowly in spirit—Reviving the spirits of the lowly,Reviving the hearts of the contrite. (16) For I will not always contend,I will not be angry forever:Nay, I who make spirits flag, Also create the breath of life. (17) For their sinful greed I was angry;I struck them and turned away in My wrath.Though stubborn, they follow the way of their hearts, (18) I note how they fare and will heal them:I will guide them and mete out solace to them,And to the mourners among them (19) heartening, comforting words:It shall be well,Well with the far and the near—said GOD —And I will heal them. (20) But the wicked are like the troubled seaThat cannot rest,Whose waters toss up mire and mud. (21) There is no safety—said my God—For the wicked.

(1) No, GOD’s arm is not too short to save,Or ear too dull to hear; (2) But your iniquities have been a barrierBetween you and your God—Your sins have made the divine face turn awayAs [God] refuses to hear you. (3) For your hands are defiled with crime And your fingers with iniquity.Your lips speak falsehood,Your tongue utters treachery. (4) No one sues justlyOr pleads honestly;They rely on emptiness and speak falsehood,Conceiving wrong and begetting evil. (5) They hatch adder’s eggsAnd weave spider webs;Whoever eats of those eggs will die,And if one is crushed, it hatches out a viper. (6) Their webs will not serve as a garment,What they make cannot serve as clothing;Their deeds are deeds of mischief,Their hands commit lawless acts, (7) Their feet run after evil,They hasten to shed the blood of the innocent.Their plans are plans of mischief,Destructiveness and injury are on their roads. (8) They do not care for the way of integrity,There is no justice on their paths.They make their courses crooked,No one who walks in them cares for integrity. (9) “That is why redress is far from us,And vindication does not reach us.We hope for light, and lo! there is darkness;For a gleam, and we must walk in gloom. (10) We grope, like the blind along a wall;Like those without eyes we grope.We stumble at noon, as if in darkness;Among the sturdy, we are like the dead. (11) We all growl like bearsAnd moan like doves.We hope for redress, and there is none;For victory, and it is far from us. (12) For our many sins are before You,Our guilt testifies against us.We are aware of our sins,And we know well our iniquities: (13) Rebellion, faithlessness to GOD,And turning away from our God,Planning fraud and treachery,Conceiving lies and uttering them with the throat. (14) And so redress is turned backAnd vindication stays afar,Because honesty stumbles in the public squareAnd uprightness cannot enter. (15) Honesty has been lacking,Whoever turns away from evil is despoiled.” GOD saw and was displeasedThat there was no redress. (16) [God] saw that there was nobody else, Gazing long, but no one intervened.Then God’s own arm did win triumph,The victorious right hand gave support. (17) [God] donned victory like a coat of mail,Wearing a helmet of triumph—Dressing in garments of retribution,Wrapped in zeal like a robe. (18) According to their deserts,So shall fury be repaid to God’s foes;Requital shall be made to God’s enemies,Requital to the distant lands. (19) From the west, they shall revere GOD’s name,And from the east, the divine Presence.For [God] shall come like a hemmed-in streamThat the wind of the ETERNAL drives on; (20) [God] shall come as redeemer to Zion,To those in Jacob who turn back from sin—declares GOD. (21) And this shall be My covenant with them, said GOD: My spirit that is upon you, and the words that I have placed in your mouth, shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children’s children—said GOD —from now on, for all time.

(1) The spirit of my Sovereign GOD is upon me,Because GOD has anointed me.I have been sent as a herald of joy to the humble,To bind up the wounded of heart,To proclaim release to the captives,Liberation to the imprisoned; (2) To proclaim a year of GOD’s favorAnd a day of vindication by our God;To comfort all who mourn— (3) To provide for the mourners in Zion—To give them a turban instead of ashes,The festive ointment instead of mourning,A garment of splendor instead of a drooping spirit.They shall be called terebinths of victory,Planted by GOD for glory’s sake. (4) And they shall build the ancient ruins,Raise up the desolations of old,And renew the ruined cities,The desolations of many ages. (5) Strangers shall stand and pasture your flocks,Aliens shall be your plowers and vine-trimmers; (6) While you shall be called “Priests of GOD,”And termed “Servants of our God.”You shall enjoy the wealth of nationsAnd revel in their riches.

(1) Who is this coming from Edom,In crimsoned garments from Bozrah—Who is this, majestic in attire,Pressing forward with great might?“It is I, who contend victoriously,Powerful to give triumph.” (2) Why is your clothing so red,Your garments like those of someone who treads grapes? (3) “I trod out a vintage alone;Of the peoples nobody was with Me. I trod them down in My anger,Trampled them in My rage;Their life-blood bespattered My garments,And all My clothing was stained. (4) For I had planned a day of vengeance,And My year of redemption arrived. (5) Then I looked, but there was none to help;I stared, but there was none to aid—So My own arm wrought the triumph,And My own rage was My aid. (6) I trampled peoples in My anger,I made them drunk with My rage,And I hurled their glory to the ground.” (7) I will recount GOD’s kind acts, GOD’s—For all that GOD has wrought for us,The vast bounty to the House of IsraelThat was bestowed upon themAccording to God’s mercy and great kindness. (8) [God] thought: Surely they are My people,Children who will not play false.So [God] was their Deliverer. (9) In all their troubles [God] was troubled,And the angel of the divine Presence delivered them. In love and pityIt was [God] who redeemed them,Raised them, and exalted themAll the days of old. (10) But they rebelled, and grievedGod’s holy spirit;Then it was [God] who became their enemy,And made war against them. (11) Then they remembered the ancient days,The One who pulled a precious people out [of the water]:“Where is the One who brought them up from the SeaAlong with the shepherd of this flock?Where is the One whose holy spiritWas placed in their midst, (12) Whose glorious arm was madeTo march at the right hand of Moses,Who divided the waters before themTo make a reputation for all time, (13) Who led them through the deepsSo that they did not stumble—As a horse in a desert, (14) Like a beast descending to the plain?”’Twas the spirit of GOD gave them rest; Thus did You shepherd Your peopleTo win for Yourself a glorious name. (15) Look down from heaven and see,From Your holy and glorious height!Where is Your zeal, Your power? Your yearning and Your loveAre being withheld from us! (16) Surely You are our Father: Though Abraham regard us not,And Israel recognize us not,You, O ETERNAL One, are our Father;From of old, Your name is “Our Redeemer.” (17) Why, ETERNAL One, do You make us stray from Your ways,And turn our hearts away from revering You?Relent for the sake of Your servants,The tribes that are Your very own! (18) Our foes have trampled Your Sanctuary,Which Your holy people possessed but a little while. (19) We have become as a people You never ruled,To which Your name was never attached.If You would but tear open the heavens and come down,So that mountains would quake before You—

(1) Thus said GOD:The heaven is My throneAnd the earth is My footstool:Where could you build a house for Me,What place could serve as My abode? (2) All this was made by My hand,And thus it all came into being—declares GOD.Yet to such a one I look:To the poor and brokenhearted,Who is concerned about My word. (3) As for those who slaughter oxen and slay humans,Who sacrifice sheep and immolate dogs,Who present as oblation the blood of swine,Who offer incense and worship false gods—Just as they have chosen their waysAnd take pleasure in their abominations, (4) So will I choose to mock them,To bring on them the very thing they dread.For I called and none responded,I spoke and none paid heed.They did what I deem evilAnd chose what I do not want. (5) Hear the word of GOD,You who are concerned about God’s word!Your own kindred who hate you,Who spurn you because of Me, are saying,“Let GOD manifest the divine Presence,So that we may look upon your joy.”But theirs shall be the shame. (6) Hark, tumult from the city,Thunder from the temple!It is the thunder of GOD’s thunder As retribution is dealt to the foe. (7) Before she labored, she was delivered;Before her pangs came, she bore a son. (8) Who ever heard the like?Who ever witnessed such events?Can a land pass through travailIn a single day?Or is a nation bornAll at once?Yet Zion travailedAnd at once bore her children! (9) Shall I who bring on labor not bring about birth?—says GOD.Shall I who cause birth shut the womb?—said your God. (10) Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,All you who love her!Join in her jubilation,All you who mourned over her— (11) That you may suck from her breastConsolation to the full,That you may draw from her bosom Glory to your delight. (12) For thus said GOD:I will extend to herProsperity like a stream,The wealth of nationsLike a wadi in flood;And you shall drink of it.You shall be carried on shouldersAnd dandled upon knees (13) Like one whom a mother comforts.So I will comfort you:You shall find comfort in Jerusalem. (14) You shall see and your heart shall rejoice,Your limbs shall flourish like grass.GOD’s power shall be revealedOn behalf of those who render service;But [God] shall rage against all foes. (15) See, GOD is coming with fire—With chariots like a whirlwind—To vent anger in fury,And rebuke in flaming fire. (16) For with fire will GOD’s slain. contend,With the sword, against all flesh;And many shall be the slain of GOD’s slain.. (17) Those who sanctify and purify themselves to enter the groves, imitating one in the center, eating the flesh of the swine, the reptile, and the mouse, shall one and all come to an end—declares GOD. (18) For I [know] their deeds and purposes.[The time] has come to gather all the nations and tongues; they shall come and behold My glory. (19) I will set a sign among them, and send from them survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud—that draw the bow—to Tubal, Javan, and the distant coasts, that have never heard My fame nor beheld My glory. They shall declare My glory among these nations. (20) And out of all the nations, said GOD, they shall bring all your kindred on horses, in chariots and drays, on mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem My holy mountain as an offering to GOD —just as the Israelites bring an offering in a pure vessel to the House of GOD. (21) And from them likewise I will take some to be levitical priests, said GOD. (22) For as the new heaven and the new earthThat I will makeShall endure by My will—declares GOD —So shall your seed and your name endure. (23) And new moon after new moon,And sabbath after sabbath,All flesh shall come to worship Me—said GOD. (24) They shall go out and gazeOn the corpses of the men who rebelled against Me:Their worms shall not die,Nor their fire be quenched;They shall be a horrorTo all flesh.And new moon after new moon,And sabbath after sabbath,All flesh shall come to worship Me—said the LORD.

(31) See, a time is coming—declares GOD —when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Judah. (32) It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors, when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, a covenant that they broke, though I espoused them—declares GOD. (33) But such is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel after these days—declares GOD: I will put My Teaching into their inmost being and inscribe it upon their hearts. Then I will be their God, and they shall be My people. (34) No longer will they need to teach one another and say to one another, “Heed GOD ”; for all of them, from the least of them to the greatest, shall heed Me—declares GOD.For I will forgive their iniquities,And remember their sins no more. (35) Thus said GOD,Who established the sun for light by day,The laws of moon and stars for light by night,Who stirs up the sea into roaring waves,Whose name is GOD of Hosts: (36) If these laws should ever be annulled by Me—declares GOD —Only then would the offspring of Israel ceaseTo be a nation before Me for all time. (37) Thus said GOD: If the heavens above could be measured, and the foundations of the earth below could be fathomed, only then would I reject all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done—declares GOD. (38) See, a time is coming—declares GOD —when the city shall be rebuilt for GOD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate; (39) and the measuring line shall go straight out to the Gareb Hill, and then turn toward Goah. (40) And the entire Valley of the Corpses and Ashes, and all the fields as far as the Wadi Kidron, and the corner of the Horse Gate on the east, shall be holy to GOD. They shall never again be uprooted or overthrown.