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The following list presents about one hundred examples of chiasmus in Isaiah. Note that many chiastic structures in the Hebrew language are not always evident when translated into English. The chiastic structures are lost in translation partly due to the different sentence structures in the two languages. Many of the following examples of chiasmus are followed with the word Hebrew in parentheses, indicating that the chiasmus exists in the Hebrew but has lost its chiastic value in the English translation.

1:11 I am full/rams . . . fed beasts/ /bullocks/lambs/goats/I delight not (Hebrew)

1:21 harlot/faithful city/judgment/ /righteousness/lodged in it/murderers (Hebrew)

1:21–26 faithful city/judgment . . . righteousness/silver . . . dross/princes . . . thieves/the LORD of Hosts/ /the mighty One of Israel/adversaries . . . enemies/dross . . . sin/judges . . . counsellors/faithful city

2:3 out of Zion/law/ /word of the LORD/from Jerusalem

2:3–5 house of the God of Jacob . . . we will walk/nations/swords into plowshares/ /spears into pruninghooks/nation . . . nation/house of Jacob . . . let us walk

3:1–8 Jerusalem . . . Judah/bread/judge . . . prophet . . . captain/children/ /every one by another/ /every one by his neighbour/child/be thou our leader/bread/Jerusalem . . . Judah

3:8 ruined/Jerusalem/ /Judah/fallen (Hebrew)

5:7 vineyard/house of Israel/ /men of Judah/pleasant plant

5:11–13 strong drink . . . wine/feasts/work of the LORD/ /operation of his hands/ famished/thirst

5:20 evil/good/ /good/evil

5:20 darkness/light/ /light/darkness

5:20 bitter/sweet/ /sweet/bitter

5:21 wise/in their own eyes/ /in their own sight/prudent (Hebrew)

6:7 is taken away/thine iniquity/ /thy sin/purged (Hebrew)

6:10 heart/ears/eyes/ /eyes/ears/heart

7:7–9 it shall not stand/head . . . head/Ephraim be broken/ /it be not a people/head . . . head/will not be established

7:10–12 LORD/Ahaz/ask/ /ask/Ahaz/LORD

7:22 eat/butter/ /butter and honey/eat

9:21 Manasseh/Ephraim/ /Ephraim/Manasseh

10:4 bow down/under the prisoners/ /under the slain/fall (Hebrew)

10:20–21 remnant of Israel/[survivors] of the house of Jacob/stay upon him who smote them/ /stay upon the LORD/remnant shall return/remnant of Jacob

10:24 Assyrian/smite thee with a rod/ /lift up his staff/Egypt

11:1 shall come forth/rod out of the stem of Jesse/ /Branch out of his roots/shall grow (Hebrew)

11:4 smite the earth/rod of his mouth/ /breath of his lips/slay the wicked

11:6 shall dwell/wolf . . . with the lamb/ /leopard . . . with the kid/shall lie down (Hebrew)

11:8 shall play/sucking child/on the hole of the asp/ /on the cockatrice’ den/weaned child/shall put his hand (Hebrew)

11:13 shall depart/Ephraim/ /Judah/shall be cut off (Hebrew)

11:13 Ephraim/Judah/ /Judah/Ephraim

13:10 shall be darkened/sun/ /moon/shall not cause her light to shine (Hebrew)

13:16 spoiled/their houses/ /their wives/ravished (Hebrew)

14:25 break the Assyrian/my land/ /my mountains/tread him

14:25 depart/his yoke/ /his burden/depart (Hebrew)

14:30 shall feed/poor/ /needy/lie down in safety (Hebrew)

14:30 I will kill/thy root/ /thy remnant/he shall slay (Hebrew)

16:7–12 Moab/Kir-hareseth/Heshbon/Sibmah/Jazer/ /Jazer/Sibmah/Heshbon/Kir-haresh/Moab

17:10 thou hast forgotten/God of thy Salvation/ /rock of thy strength/hast not been mindful (Hebrew)

18:6 shall summer upon them/fowls/ /beasts/shall winter upon them (Hebrew)

22:19 I will drive thee/from thy station/ /from thy state/shall he pull thee down

22:22 open/shut/ /shut/open

26:7 way of the just/uprightness/ /upright/path of the just

26:19 shall live/dead men/ /my dead body/shall they arise (Hebrew)

27:5 he may make/peace/ /peace/he shall make (Hebrew)

27:11 will not have mercy/he that made them/ /he that formed them/will shew them no favour (Hebrew)

28:12 To whom he said/this is the rest/ /ye may cause the weary to rest/ /this is the refreshing/they would not hear

28:15–18 covenant with death . . . with hell are we at agreement . . . overflowing scourge/we have made lies our refuge . . . hid ourselves/[laying] a stone/precious corner stone/ /sure foundation/[measuring] line . . . plummet [plumb line]/refuge of lies . . . hiding place/covenant with death . . . agreement with hell . . . overflowing scourge

29:10 The LORD . . . hath closed your eyes/prophets/ /your rulers/ /seers/hath he covered

29:14 shall perish/wisdom of their wise/ /understanding of their prudent/shall be hid (Hebrew)

29:17 shall be turned/Lebanon/fruitful field/ /fruitful field/forest/shall be esteemed (Hebrew)

30:8 write it/table/ /book/note it (Hebrew)

30:22 ye shall defile/graven images of silver/ /molten images of gold/thou shalt cast them away

32:1 shall reign in righteousness/king/ /princes/shall rule in judgment (Hebrew)

32:3 shall not be dim/eyes of them that see/ /ears of them that hear/shall hearken (Hebrew)

32:6 to make empty/the hungry/ /the thirsty/to fail

32:16 shall dwell/in the wilderness/judgment/ /righteousness/in the fruitful field/remain (Hebrew)

34:5–8 Idumea [Edom]/judgment/fat/lambs and goats/sacrifice/ /slaughter/bulls/fat/vengeance/Zion

35:10 joy and gladness/they shall obtain/ /shall flee away/sorrow and sighing (Hebrew)

40:12 measured/hollow of his hand/waters/ /heaven/span/meted out (Hebrew)

40:27 is hid/my way/from the LORD/ /my God/my judgment/is passed over (Hebrew)

40:28–31 fainteth not/neither is weary/He giveth power to the faint/strength/youths/ /young men/strength/they shall mount up with wings as eagles/not be weary/not faint

41:4 I the LORD/the first/ /the last/I am he

42:4 he have set/in the earth/judgment/ /his law/the isles/shall wait (Hebrew)

42:15 make waste/mountains and hills/ /all their herbs/dry up (Hebrew)

43:1–21 He that formed thee/waters . . . rivers/fire . . . burned/LORD, God, Holy One, Savior/Egypt, Ethiopia, Seba/I give, I will bring, gather, say, created, formed/you are my witnesses/I am the LORD/ /there is no Savior besides me/ /you are my witnesses/I will work/Babylon, Chaldeans/LORD, Holy One, creator of Israel, King/quenched as tow [snuffed like a wick]/water . . . rivers/This people have I formed

43:18 Remember ye not/former things/ /things of old/neither consider (Hebrew)

44:21 Remember these/O Jacob and Israel/for thou art my servant/ /I have formed thee/ /thou art my servant/O Israel/thou shalt not be forgotten of me

45:1 to open before him/two leaved gates/ /the gates/shall not be shut

45:22–25 ends of the earth/God/righteousness/every knee/ /every tongue/righteousness/LORD/seed of Israel

48:3, 5 declared/the former things/ /from the beginning/declared

48:4 iron sinew/thy neck/ /thy brow/brass (Hebrew)

48:18 as a river/thy peace/ /thy righteousness/as the waves of the sea (Hebrew)

49:1–6 isles/people/womb/made my mouth like a sharp sword/Thou art my servant/ /I have laboured/my work [is] with my God/womb/tribes of Jacob/end of the earth

49:11 I will make/all my mountains/ /a way/ /my highways/shall be exalted

49:13 hath comforted/his people/ /his afflicted/will have mercy (Hebrew)

49:14 hath forsaken me/LORD/ /Lord/hath forgotten me (Hebrew)

49:18 as with an ornament/you will clothe/ /bind them on/as a bride (Hebrew)

49:22 I will lift up mine hand/Gentiles/ /people/set up my standard (Hebrew)

49:22 they shall bring/sons in their arms/ /daughters . . . upon their shoulders/shall be carried (Hebrew)

50:3 I will clothe heaven/blackness/ /sackcloth/I will make covering (Hebrew)

50:4 he wakeneth/morning/ /morning/he wakeneth

51:4 hearken/unto me/my people/ /my nation/unto me/give ear (Hebrew)

51:7 fear ye not/reproach of men/ /their revilings/neither be ye afraid (Hebrew)

51:11 gladness and joy/they shall obtain/ /shall flee away/sorrow and mourning (Hebrew)

51:15 I am the LORD thy God/that divided the sea/ /whose waves roared/the LORD of Hosts is his name

52:1–2 O Zion/O Jerusalem/ /O Jerusalem/O . . . Zion

53:7 he opened not his mouth/as a lamb/ /as a sheep/he openeth not his mouth

54:2 enlarge/the place of thy tent/ /the curtains of thine habitations/stretch forth (Hebrew)

54:2 lengthen/thy cords/ /thy stakes/strengthen (Hebrew)

54:13 thy children/taught of the LORD/ /peace/thy children

55:8–9 my thoughts, your thoughts/your ways/my ways/heavens are higher/ /than the earth/my ways/your ways/my thoughts, your thoughts

56:3–4, 6 son of the stranger/eunuch/ /For thus saith the LORD/ /eunuchs/sons of the stranger

57:15 contrite/humble/spirit/ /spirit/humble/contrite

57:20–21 the wicked/troubled sea/it cannot rest/ /whose waters cast up mire and dirt/no peace/the wicked

59:16–17 salvation/righteousness/ /righteousness/salvation

60:1–3

A Arise,

B shine;

C for your light has come,

D and the glory

E of the LORD

F has risen upon you.

G For behold, the darkness will cover the earth,

G and gross darkness the people:

F will arise on you,

E but the LORD

D and His glory will appear on you.

C And the nations will go to your light

B and kings to the brightness

A of your rising. (Hebrew)

60:13 to beautify/the place of my sanctuary/ /the place of my feet/make . . . glorious (Hebrew)

60:16 thou shalt suck/the milk of the Gentiles/ /the breast of kings/shalt suck (Hebrew)

62:1 as brightness/the righteousness thereof/ /the salvation thereof/as lamp that burneth (Hebrew)

63:16 Thou art our Father/Abraham be ignorant of us/ /Israel acknowledge us not/thou, O LORD, art our Father

65:18 be glad (sws) and rejoice (gyl) forever/I create/ /I create Jerusalem/a rejoicing (gyl) . . . people a joy (sws)