Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 49:14-21

14But Zionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726saidוַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.To.merH559, “The LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068has forsaken meעֲזָבַ֣נִי'a.za.Va.niH5800;the Lordוַאדֹנָ֖יva.do.NaiH136has forgotten meשְׁכֵחָֽנִי׃she.khe.Cha.niH7911!”

15“Can a womanאִשָּׁה֙'i.ShahH802forgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911her nursing childעוּלָ֔הּ'u.LahH5764,or lack compassionמֵרַחֵ֖םme.ra.ChemH7355for the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of her wombבִּטְנָ֑הּbit.NahH990?Even ifגַּם־gam-H1571sheאֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehH428could forgetתִשְׁכַּ֔חְנָהtish.Kach.nahH7911,I willוְאָנֹכִ֖יve.'a.no.KhiH595notלֹ֥אlo'H3808forget youאֶשְׁכָּחֵֽךְ׃'esh.ka.ChekhH7911!

16Beholdהֵ֥ןhenH2005,I have inscribed youחַקֹּתִ֑יךְcha.ko.TikhH2710onעַל־'al-H5921the palms of My handsכַּפַּ֖יִםka.Pa.yimH3709;your wallsחוֹמֹתַ֥יִךְcho.mo.Ta.yikhH2346are everתָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548before Meנֶגְדִּ֖יneg.DiH5048.

17Your buildersבָּנָ֑יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121hasten backמִֽהֲר֖וּmi.ha.RuH4116;your destroyersמְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְme.ha.re.Sa.yikhH2040and wreckersוּמַחֲרִבַ֖יִךְu.ma.cha.ri.Va.yikhH2717departיֵצֵֽאוּ׃ye.Tze.'uH3318from youמִמֵּ֥ךְmi.MekhH4480.

18Lift upשְׂאִֽי־se.'i-H5375your eyesעֵינַ֙יִךְ֙'ei.Na.yikhH5869and lookוּרְאִ֔יu.re.'IH7200aroundסָבִ֤יבsa.VivH5439.They allכֻּלָּ֖םku.LamH3605gather togetherנִקְבְּצ֣וּnik.be.TzuH6908;they comeבָֽאוּ־va.'u-H935to you.As surely as Iאָ֣נִי'A.niH589liveחַי־chai-H2416,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068כִּ֤יkiH3588, “you will wear themתִלְבָּ֔שִׁיtil.Ba.shiH3847allכֻלָּם֙khu.LamH3605as jewelryכָּעֲדִ֣יka.'a.DiH5716and put them onוּֽתְקַשְּׁרִ֖יםu.te.ka.she.RimH7194like a brideכַּכַּלָּֽה׃ka.ka.LahH3618.

19Forכִּ֤יkiH3588your ruinedחָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙cha.re.vo.Ta.yikhH2723and desolate placesוְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְve.Sho.me.mo.Ta.yikhH8074and your ravaged landוְאֶ֖רֶץ הֲרִֽסֻתֵ֑יךְve.'E.retz ha.ri.su.TeikhH776 H2035will nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258indeedכִּ֤יkiH3588be too smallתֵּצְרִ֣יte.tze.RiH3334for your peopleמִיּוֹשֵׁ֔בmi.yo.ShevH3427,and those who devoured youמְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃me.va.le.'A.yikhH1104will be far awayוְרָחֲק֖וּve.ra.cha.KuH7368.

20Yetע֚וֹדodH5750the childrenבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121of your bereavementשִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְshi.ku.La.yikhH7923will sayיֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.RuH559in your hearingבְאָזְנַ֔יִךְve.'a.ze.Na.yikhH241, ‘This placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725is too small for usצַר־tzar-H6862;make roomגְּשָׁה־ge.shah-H5066for usto live hereוְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃ve.'e.She.vahH3427.’

21Then you will sayוְאָמַ֣רְתְּve.'a.MartH559in your heartבִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְbil.va.VekhH3824, ‘Whoמִ֤יmiH4310has begottenיָֽלַד־ya.lad-H3205אֶת־'et-H853theseאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428for me?Iוַאֲנִ֥יva.'a.NiH589was bereavedשְׁכוּלָ֖הshe.khu.LahH7909and barrenוְגַלְמוּדָ֑הve.gal.mu.DahH1565;I was exiledגֹּלָ֣ה׀go.LahH1540and rejectedH5494.So whoמִ֣יmiH4310has reared themוְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ גִדֵּ֔לve.'E.leh gi.DelH428 H1431?Lookהֵ֤ןhenH2005,Iאֲנִי֙'a.NiH589was leftנִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּיnish.'Ar.tiH7604all aloneלְבַדִּ֔יle.va.DiH905,soאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428whereאֵיפֹ֥ה'ei.FohH375did they come fromהֵֽם׃ פHemH1992?’”

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