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Isaiah 40

1Comfortנַחֲמ֥וּna.cha.MuH5162ye,comfortנַחֲמ֖וּna.cha.MuH5162yemypeopleעַמִּ֑י'a.MiH5971, saithyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

2Speakדַּבְּר֞וּda.be.RuH1696totheheartלֵ֤בlevH3820ofJerusalemיְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389,andcryuntoher,thathertimeofsufferingisaccomplished,thatheriniquityעֲוֹנָ֑הּ'a.vo.NahH5771ispardoned;forshehathreceivedH3947ofJehovah'shandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027doubleכִּפְלַ֖יִםkif.La.yimH3718forallhersinsחַטֹּאתֶֽיהָ׃ סcha.to.Tei.haH2403.

3Thevoiceק֣וֹלKolH6963ofonecryinginthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֕רba.mid.BarH4057:Prepareyethewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofJehovah,makeיַשְּׁרוּ֙ya.she.RuH3474straightH3474inthedesertבָּעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160ahighwayמְסִלָּ֖הme.si.LahH4546forourGodלֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃le.lo.Hei.nuH430!

4Everyvalleyגֶּיא֙gei'H1516shallbeH1961raisedup,andeverymountainהַ֥רharH2022andhillH2022shallbeH1961broughtlowיִשְׁפָּ֑לוּyish.Pa.luH8213;andthecrookedshallbeH1961madestraight,andtheroughplacesaplainH4334.

5Andthegloryכְּב֣וֹדke.VodH3519ofJehovahshallberevealedוְנִגְלָ֖הve.nig.LahH1540,andallfleshבָּשָׂר֙ba.SarH1320shallseeוְרָא֤וּve.ra.'UH7200[it]togetherיַחְדָּ֔וyach.DavH3162:forthemouthפִּ֥יpiH6310ofJehovahhathspokenדִּבֵּֽר׃ סdi.BerH1696.

6Avoiceק֚וֹלKolH6963saith,Cry.Andhesaith,WhatshallIcry? —Allfleshהַבָּשָׂ֣רha.ba.SarH1320isgrassחָצִ֔ירcha.TzirH2682,andallthecomeliness thereofastheflowerכְּצִ֥יץke.TzitzH6731ofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704.

7Thegrassחָצִיר֙cha.TzirH2682withereth,theflowerצִ֔יץTzitzH6731fadeth,forthebreathר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofJehovahblowethuponit:surelythepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971isgrassחָצִ֖ירcha.TzirH2682.

8Thegrassחָצִ֖ירcha.TzirH2682withereth,theflowerצִ֑יץTzitzH6731fadeth; butthewordוּדְבַר־u.de.var-H1697ofourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430abidethforeverלְעוֹלָֽם׃ סle.'o.LamH5769.

9OZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726,thatbringestgladtidings,gettheeupintoahighגָּבֹ֤הַga.Vo.haH1364mountainהַר־har-H2022;OJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,thatbringestgladtidings,liftהָרִ֤ימִיha.Ri.miH7311upthyvoiceקוֹלֵ֔ךְko.LekhH6963withstrengthבַכֹּ֙חַ֙va.Ko.achH3581:liftהָרִ֙ימִי֙ha.Ri.miH7311itup,benotafraidתִּירָ֔אִיti.Ra.'iH3372;sayאִמְרִי֙'im.RiH559untothecitiesלְעָרֵ֣יle.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,BeholdyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430!

10Behold,theLordאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovahwillcomeיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935withmight,andhisarmוּזְרֹע֖וֹu.ze.ro.'OH2220shallruleH4910forhim;behold,hisrewardשְׂכָרוֹ֙se.kha.RoH7939iswithhim,andhisrecompencebeforehim.

11HewillfeedH7462hisflockעֶדְר֣וֹed.RoH5739likeashepherdH7462:hewillgatherיְקַבֵּ֣ץye.ka.BetzH6908thelambswithhisarmבִּזְרֹעוֹ֙biz.ro.'OH2220,andcarryיִשָּׂ֑אyi.Sa'H5375theminhisbosomוּבְחֵיק֖וֹu.ve.chei.KoH2436;hewillgentlyleadיְנַהֵֽל׃ סye.na.HelH5095those thatgivesuck.

12WhohathmeasuredH4058thewatersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325inthehollowofhishand,andmetedouttheheavensוְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ve.sha.Ma.yimH8064with[his]spanבַּזֶּ֣רֶתba.Ze.retH2239,andgraspedthedustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083oftheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776inameasureH4058,andweighedוְשָׁקַ֤לve.sha.KalH8254themountainsהָרִ֔יםha.RimH2022inabalanceבַּפֶּ֙לֶס֙ba.Pe.lesH6425,andthehillsוּגְבָע֖וֹתu.ge.va.'otH1389inscales?

13WhohathdirectedtheSpiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307ofJehovah,and, [as]hiscounsellor, hathtaughthim?

14Withwhomtookhecounselנוֹעָץ֙no.'AtzH3289,and[who]gaveוַיְבִינֵ֔הוּvay.vi.Ne.huH995himintelligence,andinstructedhiminthepathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734ofjudgmentH4941,andtaughtH3925himknowledgeדַ֔עַתDa.'atH1847,andshewedhimthewayוְדֶ֥רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870ofunderstandingH8394?

15Behold,thenationsגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471areesteemedH2803asadropofthebucket,andasthefineכַּדַּ֥קka.DakH1851dustonthescales;behold,hetaketh uptheislesasanatom.

16AndLebanonוּלְבָנ֕וֹןu.le.va.NonH3844isnotsufficienttoburnבָּעֵ֑רba.'ErH1197,northebeaststhereofsufficientforaburnt-offering.

17Allthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471areasnothingכְּאַ֣יִןke.'A.yinH369beforehim;theyareesteemedH2803byhimlessthanacipher,andvanity.

18Towhomthenwillyelikenתְּדַמְּי֣וּןte.da.me.YunH1819Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410?andwhatlikenessדְּמ֖וּתde.MutH1823willyecompareuntohim?

19The workman castethagravenimageH6459,andthegoldsmithH6884spreadethitoverwithgoldבַּזָּהָ֣בba.za.HavH2091,andcastethsilverכֶּ֖סֶףKe.sefH3701chains[forit].

20Hethatisimpoverished,sothathehathnooffering, choosethatreeH6086thatdothnotrotיִרְקַ֖בyir.KavH7537;heseeketh untohimaskilledworkmantoprepareלְהָכִ֥יןle.ha.KhinH3559agravenimageH6459thatshallnotbemoved.

21—Doyenotknowתֵֽדְעוּ֙te.de.'UH3045?Haveyenotheardתִשְׁמָ֔עוּtish.Ma.'uH8085? HathitnotbeentoldH5046youfromthebeginning?HaveyenotunderstoodH995thefoundationoftheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776?

22[Itis]hethatsittethuponthecircleח֣וּגchugH2329oftheearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andtheinhabitantsH3427thereofareasgrasshoppersכַּחֲגָבִ֑יםka.cha.ga.VimH2284;thatstretchethouttheheavensשָׁמַ֔יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064asagauzecurtain,andspreadeththemoutasatentכָּאֹ֖הֶלka.'O.helH168todwellH3427in;

23thatbringeththeprincestonothingלְאָ֑יִןle.'A.yinH369,thatmakeththejudgesH8199oftheearthאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776asvanity.

24Scarcelyaretheyplantedנִטָּ֗עוּni.Ta.'uH5193, scarcelyaretheysownH2232, scarcely haththeirstocktakenH5375rootשֹׁרֵ֥שׁsho.ReshH8327intheearthH776,buthealsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571bloweth uponthemandtheywitherH3001,andthewhirlwind takeththemawayH5375asstubbleH7179.

25Towhomthenwillyelikenתְדַמְּי֖וּנִיte.da.me.Yu.niH1819me,orshallIbeequal? saiththeHolyקָדֽוֹשׁ׃ka.Do.oshH6918OneH6918.

26Liftשְׂאוּ־se.'u-H5375upyoureyesעֵינֵיכֶ֤ם'ei.nei.KhemH5869onhighH4791,andseeוּרְאוּ֙u.re.'UH7200!Whohathcreatedבָרָ֣אva.Ra'H1254thesethingsH428,bringingouttheirhostצְבָאָ֑םtze.va.'AmH6635bynumberבְמִסְפָּ֖רve.mis.ParH4557?Hecalleththemallbynameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034;throughthegreatnessמֵרֹ֤בme.RoH7230ofhismightandstrengthH3581ofpowerכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581,notoneH376faileth.

27Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100sayest thou,Jacobיַֽעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290,andspeakest,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Mywayדַרְכִּי֙dar.KiH1870ishidH5641fromJehovah,andmyrightH4941ispassedH5674awayיַעֲבֽוֹר׃ya.'a.VorH5674frommyGodוּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖יu.me.'e.lo.HaiH430?

28Dost thounotknowיָדַ֜עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045, hast thounotheardH8085,thattheeverlastingGodאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430,Jehovah,theCreatoroftheendsקְצ֣וֹתke.TzotH7098oftheearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, faintethnotnortireth?ThereisnosearchingH2714ofhisunderstandingלִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃lit.vu.na.ToH8394.

29HegivethpowerH3581tothefaint;andtohimthathathnomightheincreasethstrengthכֹּ֑חַKo.achH3581.

30Eventheyouthsנְעָרִ֖יםne.'a.RimH5288shall faintandshall tire,andtheyoungH5288menH5288shallstumbleH3782andfall;

31buttheythatwaitוְקוֹיֵ֤ve.ko.YeH6960uponJehovahshallrenew [their]strengthכֹ֔חַKho.achH3581:theyshallmountupwithwingsאֵ֖בֶר'E.verH83aseaglesH5404;theyshallrunיָר֙וּצוּ֙ya.Ru.tzuH7323,andnottire;theyshallwalk,andnotfaint.

Commentaries on Isaiah 40

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