Wisdom & Truth Verses

He that {is} so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree {that} will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, {that} shall not be moved. {is so...: Heb. is poor of oblation}

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

The isles saw {it}, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

{When} the poor and needy seek water, and {there is} none, {and} their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Let them bring {them} forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they {be}, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. {consider...: Heb. set our heart upon them}

Behold, ye {are} of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination {is he that} chooseth you. {of nothing: or, worse than nothing} {of nought: or, worse than of a viper}

The first {shall say} to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

Behold, they {are} all vanity; their works {are} nothing: their molten images {are} wind and confusion.

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.