Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 37:23-29

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.’

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