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Isaiah 37:21-38

21Then Isaiahיְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Amozאָמ֔וֹץ'a.MotzH531sent a messageוַיִּשְׁלַח֙vai.yish.LachH7971toאֶל־'el-H413Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396לֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559: “This is whatכֹּֽה־koh-H3541the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,saysאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559:Becauseאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834you have prayedהִתְפַּלַּ֣לְתָּhit.pa.Lal.taH6419to Meאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413concerningאֶל־'el-H413Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֖יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH804,

22thisזֶ֣הzehH2088is the wordהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697thatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068has spokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696against himעָלָ֑יו'a.LavH5921: ‘The Virginבְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.LatH1330Daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Zionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726despisesבָּזָ֨הba.ZahH959youand mocksלָעֲגָ֣הla.'a.GahH3932you;the Daughterבַּ֖תbatH1323of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389shakesהֵנִ֔יעָהhe.Ni.'ahH5128her headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218behind youאַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙'a.cha.Rei.khaH310.

23אֶת־'et-H853Whomמִ֤יmiH4310have you tauntedחֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙che.Raf.taH2778and blasphemedוְגִדַּ֔פְתָּve.gi.Daf.taH1442?Againstוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921whomמִ֖יmiH4310have you raisedהֲרִימ֣וֹתָהha.ri.Mo.tahH7311your voiceקּ֑וֹלKolH6963and liftedוַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'H5375your eyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869in prideמָר֛וֹםma.RomH4791?Againstאֶל־'el-H413the Holy Oneקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!

24Throughבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027your servantsעֲבָדֶיךָ֮'a.va.dei.KhaH5650you have tauntedחֵרַ֣פְתָּ׀che.Raf.taH2778the Lordאֲדֹנָי֒'a.do.NaiH136,and you have saidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559: “With my manyבְּרֹ֥בbe.RoH7230chariotsרִכְבִּ֛יrikh.BiH7393Iאֲנִ֥י'a.NiH589have ascendedעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927to the heightsמְר֥וֹםme.RomH4791of the mountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022,to the remote peaksיַרְכְּתֵ֣יyar.ke.TeiH3411of Lebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844.I have cut downוְאֶכְרֹ֞תve.'ekh.RotH3772its tallestקוֹמַ֤תko.MatH6967cedarsאֲרָזָיו֙'a.ra.ZavH730,the finestמִבְחַ֣רmiv.CharH4005of its cypressesבְּרֹשָׁ֔יוbe.ro.ShavH1265.I have reachedוְאָבוֹא֙ve.'a.Vo'H935its farthestקִצּ֔וֹki.TzoH7093heightsמְר֣וֹםme.RomH4791,the densestכַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃kar.mi.LoH3759of its forestsיַ֖עַרYa.'arH3293.

25Iאֲנִ֥י'a.NiH589have dug wellsקַ֖רְתִּיKar.tiH6979and drunkוְשָׁתִ֣יתִיve.sha.Ti.tiH8354foreignwatersמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325.With the solesבְּכַף־be.khaf-H3709of my feetפְּעָמַ֔יpe.'a.MaiH6471I have dried upוְאַחְרִב֙ve.'ach.RivH2717allכֹּ֖לkolH3605the streamsיְאֹרֵ֥יye.'o.ReiH2975of Egyptמָצֽוֹר׃ma.TzorH4693.”

26Have you notהֲלֽוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085?Long agoלְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOkH7350אוֹתָ֣הּ'o.TahH853I ordained itעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213;in daysמִ֥ימֵיMi.meiH3117of oldקֶ֖דֶםKe.demH6924I planned itוִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haH3335.Now I haveעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258brought it to passהֲבֵאתִ֔יהָ וּתְהִ֗יha.ve.Ti.ha u.te.HiH935 H1961,that you should crushלְהַשְׁא֛וֹתle.hash.'otH7582fortifiedבְּצֻרֽוֹת׃be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892into pilesגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530of rubbleנִצִּ֖יםni.TzimH5327.

27Therefore their inhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427,devoidקִצְרֵי־kitz.rei-H7116of powerיָ֔דYadH3027,are dismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865and ashamedוָבֹ֑שׁוּva.Vo.shuH954.They are likeהָי֞וּha.YuH1961plantsעֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sevH6212in the fieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704,tenderוִ֣ירַקVi.rakH3419green shootsדֶּ֔שֶׁאDe.she'H1877,grassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682on the rooftopsגַּגּ֔וֹתga.GotH1406,scorchedוּשְׁדֵמָ֖הu.she.de.MahH7709beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440it is grownקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054.

28But I knowיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045וְאֵ֖תve.'EtH853your sitting downוְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ve.shiv.te.KhaH3427,your going outוְצֵאתְךָ֥ve.tze.te.KhaH3318and coming inוּבוֹאֲךָ֖u.vo.'a.KhaH935,and your ragingהִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264against Meאֵלָֽי׃'e.LaiH413.

29Becauseיַ֚עַןYa.'anH3282your rageהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264and arroganceוְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ve.sha.'a.nan.KhaH7600against Meאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413have reachedעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927My earsבְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.NaiH241,I will putוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יve.sam.TiH7760My hookחַחִ֜יcha.ChiH2397in your noseבְּאַפֶּ֗ךָbe.'a.Pe.khaH639and My bitוּמִתְגִּי֙u.mit.GiH4964in your mouthבִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbis.fa.Tei.khaH8193;I will send you backוַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָva.ha.Shi.vo.Ti.khaH7725the wayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834you cameבָּ֥אתָBa.taH935.’

30And thisוְזֶה־ve.zeh-H2088will be a signהָא֔וֹתha.'otH226to you, O Hezekiah:This yearהַשָּׁנָה֙ha.sha.NahH8141you will eatאָכ֤וֹל'a.KholH398what grows on its ownסָפִ֔יחַsa.Fi.achH5599,and in the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.NitH8145yearוּבַשָּׁנָ֥הu.va.sha.NahH8141what springs from the sameשָׁחִ֑יסsha.ChisH7823.But in the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗יתha.she.li.ShitH7992yearוּבַשָּׁנָ֣הu.va.sha.NahH8141you will sowזִרְע֧וּzir.'UH2232and reapוְקִצְר֛וּve.kitz.RuH7114;you will plantוְנִטְע֥וּve.nit.'UH5193vineyardsכְרָמִ֖יםkhe.ra.MimH3754and eatוְאִכְל֥וּve.'a.kholH398their fruitפִרְיָֽם׃fir.YamH6529.

31And the survivingהַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖הha.nish.'a.RahH7604remnantפְּלֵיטַ֧תpe.lei.TatH6413of the houseבֵּית־beit-H1004of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063will againוְיָ֨סְפָ֜הve.Ya.se.FahH3254take rootשֹׁ֣רֶשׁSho.reshH8328belowלְמָ֑טָּהle.Ma.tahH4295and bearוְעָשָׂ֥הve.'a.SahH6213fruitפְרִ֖יfe.RiH6529aboveלְמָֽעְלָה׃le.Ma.'e.lahH4605.

32Forכִּ֤יkiH3588a remnantשְׁאֵרִ֔יתshe.'e.RitH7611will go forthתֵּצֵ֣אte.Tze'H3318from Jerusalemמִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙mi.ru.sha.LimH3389,and survivorsוּפְלֵיטָ֖הu.fe.lei.TahH6413from Mountמֵהַ֣רme.HarH2022Zionצִיּ֑וֹןtzi.YonH6726.The zealקִנְאַ֛תkin.'AtH7068of the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635will accomplishתַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213thisזֹּֽאת׃ סZotH2063.

33Soלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651this is whatכֹּֽה־koh-H3541the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559aboutאֶל־'el-H413the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804: ‘He will notלֹ֤אlo'H3808enterיָבוֹא֙ אֶל־ya.Vo' 'el-H935 H413thisהַזֹּ֔את וְלֹֽא־ha.Zot ve.lo'-H2063 H3808cityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892or shootיוֹרֶ֥הyo.RehH3384an arrowחֵ֑ץ וְלֹֽא־Chetz ve.lo'-H2671 H3808into itשָׁ֖םshamH8033.He will not come before itיְקַדְּמֶ֣נָּהye.kad.de.Me.nahH6923with a shieldמָגֵ֔ן וְלֹֽא־ma.Gen ve.lo'-H4043 H3808or build upיִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyish.PokhH8210a siege rampסֹלְלָֽה׃so.le.LahH5550against itעֳלֶ֖יהָ'o.Lei.haH5921.

34He will go backיָשׁ֑וּבya.ShuvH7725the wayבַּדֶּ֥רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834he cameבָּ֖אba'H935,and he will notלֹ֥אlo'H3808enterוְאֶל־ יָב֖וֹאve.'el- ya.Vo'H413 H935thisהַזֹּ֛אתha.ZotH2063cityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892,’declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

35‘I will defendוְגַנּוֹתִ֛י עַל־ve.ga.no.Ti 'al-H1598 H5921thisהַזֹּ֖אתha.ZotH2063cityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892and save itלְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּle.ho.shi.'AhH3467for My own sakeלְמַֽעֲנִ֔יle.ma.'a.NiH4616and for the sakeוּלְמַ֖עַןu.le.Ma.'anH4616of My servantעַבְדִּֽי׃ ס'av.DiH5650Davidדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732.’”

36Then the angelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397of the LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068went outוַיֵּצֵ֣א׀vai.ye.Tze'H3318and struck downוַיַּכֶּה֙vai.ya.KehH5221185,000 menמֵאָ֛ה וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אָ֑לֶףme.'Ah u.she.mo.Nim va.cha.mi.Shah 'A.lefH3967 H8084 H2568 H505in the campבְּמַחֲנֵ֣הbe.ma.cha.NehH4264of the Assyriansאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804.When the people got upוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvai.yash.Ki.muH7925the next morningבַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242,thereוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009were allכֻלָּ֖םkhu.LamH3605the deadמֵתִֽים׃me.TimH4191bodiesפְּגָרִ֥יםpe.ga.RimH6297!

37So Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֣יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804broke campוַיִּסַּ֣עvai.yi.Sa'H5265and withdrewוַיֵּ֔לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980.He returnedוַיָּ֖שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725to Ninevehבְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃be.Ni.ne.VehH5210and stayed thereוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427.

38One dayוַיְהִי֩vay.HiH1961,while heה֨וּאhu'H1931was worshipingמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜הmish.ta.cha.VehH7812in the templeבֵּ֣ית׀beitH1004of his godאֱלֹהָ֗יו'e.lo.HavH430Nisrochנִסְרֹ֣ךְnis.RokhH5268,his sonsבָּנָיו֙ba.NavH1121Adrammelechוְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְve.'ad.ra.Me.lekhH152and Sharezerוְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶרve.sar.'E.tzerH8272put himהִכֻּ֣הוּhi.Ku.huH5221to the swordבַחֶ֔רֶבva.Che.revH2719andוְהֵ֥מָּהve.He.mahH1992escapedנִמְלְט֖וּnim.le.TuH4422to the landאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776of Araratאֲרָרָ֑ט'a.ra.RatH780.And his sonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121Esar-haddonH634reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in his placeתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ סtach.TavH8478.

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