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Isaiah 40:12-28

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.

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