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Isaiah 49:18-23
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.TeikhH776H2035will 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.DelH428H1431?Lookהֵ֤ןhenH2005,Iאֲנִי֙'a.NiH589was leftנִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּיnish.'Ar.tiH7604all aloneלְבַדִּ֔יle.va.DiH905,soאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428whereאֵיפֹ֥ה'ei.FohH375did they come fromהֵֽם׃ פHemH1992?’”
22This is whatכֹּֽה־koh-H3541the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֗הYah.wehH3069saysאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559: “Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009,I will lift upאֶשָּׂ֤א'e.Sa'H5375My handיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027toאֶל־'el-H413the nationsגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471,and raiseאָרִ֣ים'a.RimH7311My bannerנִסִּ֑יni.SiH5251toוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413the peoplesעַמִּ֖ים'a.MimH5971.They will bringוְהֵבִ֤יאוּve.he.Vi.'uH935your sonsבָנַ֙יִךְ֙va.Na.yikhH1121in their armsבְּחֹ֔צֶןbe.Cho.tzenH2684and carryתִּנָּשֶֽׂאנָה׃ti.na.Se.nahH5375your daughtersוּבְנֹתַ֖יִךְu.ve.no.Ta.yikhH1323onעַל־'al-H5921their shouldersכָּתֵ֥ףka.TefH3802.
23Kingsמְלָכִ֜יםme.la.KhimH4428will beוְהָי֨וּve.ha.YuH1961your foster fathersאֹֽמְנַ֗יִךְ'o.me.Na.yikhH539,and their queensוְשָׂרֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ve.sa.ro.tei.HemH8282your nursing mothersמֵינִ֣יקֹתַ֔יִךְmei.Ni.ko.Ta.yikhH3243.They will bowיִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּyish.Ta.cha.vuH7812to youfacedownאַפַּ֗יִם אֶ֚רֶץ'a.Pa.yim 'E.retzH639H776and lickיְלַחֵ֑כוּye.la.Che.khuH3897the dustוַעֲפַ֥רva.'a.FarH6083at your feetרַגְלַ֖יִךְrag.La.yikhH7272.Then you will knowוְיָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ve.ya.Da.'atH3045thatכִּֽי־ki-H3588Iאֲנִ֣י'a.NiH589am the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;those whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834hope in Meקוָֹֽי׃ סko.VaiH6960will neverלֹֽא־lo'-H3808be put to shameיֵבֹ֖שׁוּye.Vo.shuH954.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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