King James Version

Isaiah 37:26-29

26Hast thou not heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085long agoלְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOkH7350, howI have doneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213it; andof ancientקֶ֖דֶםKe.demH6924timesמִ֥ימֵיMi.meiH3117,that I have formedוִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haH3335it? now have I broughtהֲבֵאתִ֔יהָha.ve.Ti.haH935it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay wasteלְהַשְׁא֛וֹתle.hash.'otH7582defencedבְּצֻרֽוֹת׃be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892intoruinousנִצִּ֖יםni.TzimH5327heapsגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530.

27Therefore their inhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427wereof smallקִצְרֵי־kitz.rei-H7116powerיָ֔דYadH3027,they were dismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865and confoundedוָבֹ֑שׁוּva.Vo.shuH954: they were asthe grassעֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sevH6212of the fieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704, and asthe greenוִ֣ירַקVi.rakH3419herbדֶּ֔שֶׁאDe.she'H1877, asthe grassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682on the housetopsגַּגּ֔וֹתga.GotH1406, and as cornblastedוּשְׁדֵמָ֖הu.she.de.MahH7709beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440it be grown upקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054.

28But I knowיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045thy abodeוְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ve.shiv.te.KhaH3427,and thy going outוְצֵאתְךָ֥ve.tze.te.KhaH3318,and thy coming inוּבוֹאֲךָ֖u.vo.'a.KhaH935,and thy rageהִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264against me.

29Because thy rageהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264against me, and thy tumultוְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ve.sha.'a.nan.KhaH7600,is come upעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927into mine earsבְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.NaiH241,therefore will I putוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יve.sam.TiH7760my hookחַחִ֜יcha.ChiH2397in thy noseבְּאַפֶּ֗ךָbe.'a.Pe.khaH639,and my bridleוּמִתְגִּי֙u.mit.GiH4964in thy lipsבִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbis.fa.Tei.khaH8193,and I will turn thee backוַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָva.ha.Shi.vo.Ti.khaH7725by the wayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870by which thou camestבָּ֥אתָBa.taH935.

Read all of Isaiah 37

Commentaries on Isaiah 37

King James Version — Public Domain except in the United Kingdom (Crown rights)