Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 48:4-8

4For I knewמִדַּעְתִּ֕יmi.da'.TiH3045thatכִּ֥יkiH3588youאָ֑תָּה וְגִ֤יד'A.tah ve.GidH859 H1517are stubbornקָשֶׁ֖הka.ShehH7186;your neckעָרְפֶּ֔ךָ'a.re.Pe.khaH6203is ironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270and your foreheadוּמִצְחֲךָ֖u.mitz.cha.KhaH4696isbronzeנְחוּשָֽׁה׃ne.chu.ShahH5154.

5Therefore I declared itוָאַגִּ֤ידva.'a.GidH5046to youlong agoמֵאָ֔זme.'AzH227;I announced itהִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָhish.ma'.Ti.khaH8085beforeבְּטֶ֥רֶםbe.Te.remH2962it came to passתָּב֖וֹאta.Vo'H935,so that you could notפֶּן־pen-H6435claimתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559, ‘My idolעָצְבִּ֣י'a.tze.BiH6090has done thisעָשָׂ֔ם'a.SamH6213;my carved imageוּפִסְלִ֥יu.fis.LiH6459and molten godוְנִסְכִּ֖יve.nis.KiH5262has ordained itצִוָּֽם׃tzi.VamH6680.’

6You have heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּֽsha.Ma'.taH8085these things;look at themחֲזֵה֙cha.ZehH2372allכֻּלָּ֔הּku.LahH3605.Will youוְאַתֶּ֖םve.'a.TemH859notהֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'H3808acknowledgeתַגִּ֑ידוּta.Gi.duH5046them?From now onמֵעַ֔תָּהme.'A.tahH6258I will tell you ofהִשְׁמַעְתִּ֤יךָhish.ma'.Ti.khaH8085new thingsחֲדָשׁוֹת֙cha.da.shOtH2319,hidden thingsוּנְצֻר֖וֹתu.ne.tzu.RotH5341unknown to youוְלֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽם׃ve.Lo' ye.da'.TamH3808 H3045.

7They are createdנִבְרְאוּ֙niv.re.'UH1254nowעַתָּ֤ה'a.TahH6258,and notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808long agoמֵאָ֔זme.'AzH227;you have notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808heard of themשְׁמַעְתָּ֑םshe.ma'.TamH8085beforeוְלִפְנֵי־ve.lif.nei-H6440todayי֖וֹםYomH3117.So you cannotפֶּן־pen-H6435claimתֹּאמַ֖רto.MarH559, ‘I alreadyהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009knew themיְדַעְתִּֽין׃ye.da'.TinH3045!’

8גַּ֣םgamH1571You have neverלֹֽא־lo'-H3808heardשָׁמַ֗עְתָּ גַּ֚םsha.Ma'.ta gamH8085 H1571;you have neverלֹ֣אlo'H3808understoodיָדַ֔עְתָּ גַּ֕םya.Da'.ta gamH3045 H1571;for a long timeמֵאָ֖זme.'AzH227your earsאָזְנֶ֑ךָ'a.ze.Ne.khaH241have notלֹא־lo'-H3808been openפִתְּחָ֣הfi.te.ChahH6605.Forכִּ֤יkiH3588I knewיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiH3045how deceitful you areH898;you have been calledקֹ֥רָאKo.ra'H7121a rebelוּפֹשֵׁ֥עַu.fo.She.a'H6586from birthמִבֶּ֖טֶןmi.Be.tenH990.

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