New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 21:2-9

2Aharshקָשָׁ֖הka.ShahH7186visionחָז֥וּתcha.ZutH2380has been shownהֻגַּד־hu.gad-H5046to me; ThetreacherousH898one stilldealsH898treacherouslyH898,and the destroyerוְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד׀ve.ha.sho.DedH7703stilldestroysשׁוֹדֵ֔דsho.DedH7703.Goעֲלִ֤י'a.LiH5927up,Elamעֵילָם֙'ei.LamH5867,layH6696siegeצוּרִ֣יtzu.RiH6696,Mediaמָדַ֔יma.DaiH4074;I have madeH7673an endH7673of allכָּל־kol-H3605the groaningH603she has caused.

3For thisH3651reasonעַל־'al-H5921 H3651myloinsמָתְנַי֙ma.te.NaiH4975are fullמָלְא֤וּmal.'UH4390of anguishחַלְחָלָ֔הchal.cha.LahH2479;Painsצִירִ֣יםtzi.RimH6735have seizedאֲחָז֔וּנִי'a.cha.Zu.niH270me like the painsכְּצִירֵ֖יke.tzi.ReiH6735of awoman in laborיֽוֹלֵדָ֑הyo.le.DahH3205.I am soH4480bewilderedנַעֲוֵ֣יתִיna.'a.Vei.tiH5753I cannotH4480hearמִשְּׁמֹ֔עַmi.she.Mo.a'H8085,soH4480terrifiedנִבְהַ֖לְתִּיniv.Hal.tiH926I cannotH4480seeמֵרְאֽוֹת׃me.re.'otH7200.

4Mymindלְבָבִ֔יle.va.ViH3824reelsתָּעָ֣הta.'AhH8582,horrorפַּלָּצ֖וּתpa.la.TzutH6427overwhelmsבִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִיbi.'a.Ta.te.niH1204me;The twilightנֶ֣שֶׁףNe.shefH5399I longedחִשְׁקִ֔יchish.KiH2837for has beenturnedשָׂ֥םsamH7760for me into tremblingלַחֲרָדָֽה׃la.cha.ra.DahH2731.

5Theysetעָרֹ֧ךְ'a.RokhH6186the tableהַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ןha.shul.ChanH7979, theyspreadצָפֹ֥הtza.FohH6823out the clothהַצָּפִ֖יתha.tza.FitH6844,they eatאָכ֣וֹל'a.KholH398,they drinkשָׁתֹ֑הsha.TohH8354; “Riseק֥וּמוּKu.muH6965up, captainsהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269,oilמִשְׁח֥וּmish.ChuH4886the shieldsמָגֵֽן׃ פma.GenH4043,”

6For thusכֹ֥הkhohH3541the Lordאֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiH136saysאָמַ֛ר'a.MarH559to me, “Goלֵ֚ךְlekhH1980,stationהַעֲמֵ֣דha.'a.MedH5975the lookoutהַֽמְצַפֶּ֔הham.tza.PehH6822, let himreportיַגִּֽיד׃ya.GidH5046whatאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he seesיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200.

7When he seesוְרָ֣אָהve.Ra.'ahH7200ridersרֶ֗כֶבRe.khevH7393,horsemenפָּֽרָשִׁ֔יםpa.ra.ShimH6571in pairsצֶ֚מֶדTze.medH6776,A trainרֶ֥כֶבRe.khevH7393of donkeysחֲמ֖וֹרcha.MorH2543,a trainרֶ֣כֶבRe.khevH7393of camelsגָּמָ֑לga.MalH1581,Let him payוְהִקְשִׁ֥יבve.hik.ShivH7181closeH7182attentionH7181,veryרַב־rav-H7227closeH7182attentionH7182.”

8Thenthe lookoutH4707calledוַיִּקְרָ֖אvai.yik.Ra'H7121, “O Lordאֲדֹנָ֗י'a.do.NaiH136,I standעֹמֵ֤ד'o.MedH5975continuallyתָּמִיד֙ta.MidH8548by dayיוֹמָ֔םyo.MamH3119on the watchtowerמִצְפֶּ֣ה׀mitz.PehH4707,And I am stationedנִצָּ֖בni.TzavH5324everyכָּל־kol-H3605nightהַלֵּילֽוֹת׃ha.lei.LotH3915at my guardH4931postמִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔יmish.mar.TiH4931.

9Now beholdוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009,hereזֶ֥הzehH2088comesבָא֙va'H935a troopאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376of ridersרֶ֣כֶבRe.khevH7393,horsemenפָּֽרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimH6571in pairsצֶ֖מֶדTze.medH6776.”And one saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Fallenנָפְלָ֤הna.fe.LahH5307,fallenנָֽפְלָה֙na.fe.LahH5307is Babylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894;And allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theimagesפְּסִילֵ֥יpe.si.LeiH6456of her godsאֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430are shatteredשִׁבַּ֥רshi.BarH7665on the groundלָאָֽרֶץ׃la.'A.retzH776.”

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