Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 23:16-18

16“Take upקְחִ֥יke.ChiH3947your harpכִנּ֛וֹרkhi.NorH3658,stroll throughסֹ֥בִּיSo.biH5437the cityעִ֖יר'irH5892,O forgottenנִשְׁכָּחָ֑הnish.ka.ChahH7911harlotזוֹנָ֣הzo.NahH2181.Make sweetהֵיטִ֤יבִיhei.Ti.viH3190melodyנַגֵּן֙na.GenH5059,sing manyהַרְבִּי־har.bi-H7235a songשִׁ֔יר לְמַ֖עַןShir le.Ma.'anH7892 H4616,so you will be rememberedתִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃ti.za.Khe.riH2142.”

17And atוְהָיָ֞הve.ha.YahH1961the endמִקֵּ֣ץ׀mi.KetzH7093of seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֗הsha.NahH8141,the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068אֶת־'et-H853will restoreיִפְקֹ֤דyif.KodH6485Tyreצֹ֔רTzorH6865.Then she will returnוְשָׁבָ֖הve.sha.VahH7725to hireלְאֶתְנַנָּ֑הle.'et.na.NahH868as a prostituteוְזָֽנְתָ֛הve.za.ne.TahH2181and sell herselfאֶת־'et-H854to allכָּל־kol-H3605the kingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776onעַל־'al-H5921the faceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of the earthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ha.'a.da.MahH127.

18Yet her profitsסַחְרָ֜הּsach.RahH5504and wagesוְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּve.'et.na.NahH868will beוְהָיָ֨הve.ha.YahH1961set apartקֹ֚דֶשׁKo.deshH6944to the LORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068;they will notלֹ֥אlo'H3808be storedיֵֽאָצֵ֖ר וְלֹ֣אye.'a.Tzer ve.Lo'H686 H3808or savedיֵֽחָסֵ֑ןye.cha.SenH2630,forכִּ֣יkiH3588herיִֽהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961profitסַחְרָ֔הּsach.RahH5504will go to those who liveלַיֹּשְׁבִ֞יםlai.yo.she.VimH3427beforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,for abundantלְשָׂבְעָ֖הle.sa.ve.'AhH7654foodלֶאֱכֹ֥לle.'e.KholH398and fineעָתִֽיק׃ פ'a.TikH6266clothingוְלִמְכַסֶּ֥הve.lim.kha.SehH4374.

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