New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 48:4-8

4BecauseH4480I knowמִדַּעְתִּ֕יmi.da'.TiH3045that you areobstinateקָשֶׁ֖הka.ShehH7186, And yourneckעָרְפֶּ֔ךָ'a.re.Pe.khaH6203is an ironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270sinewוְגִ֤ידve.GidH1517And yourforeheadוּמִצְחֲךָ֖u.mitz.cha.KhaH4696bronzeנְחוּשָֽׁה׃ne.chu.ShahH5154,

5Therefore I declaredוָאַגִּ֤ידva.'a.GidH5046themto you longH3975agoH3975,Beforeבְּטֶ֥רֶםbe.Te.remH2962they tookH935placeH935I proclaimedהִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָhish.ma'.Ti.khaH8085them to you,So that you would not sayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559, ‘Myidolעָצְבִּ֣י'a.tze.BiH6090has doneעָשָׂ֔ם'a.SamH6213them,And my gravenH6459imageוּפִסְלִ֥יu.fis.LiH6459and my moltenוְנִסְכִּ֖יve.nis.KiH5262imageH5262have commandedצִוָּֽם׃tzi.VamH6680them.’

6You have heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּֽsha.Ma'.taH8085;lookחֲזֵה֙cha.ZehH2372at allכֻּלָּ֔הּku.LahH3605this.And you, will you not declareתַגִּ֑ידוּta.Gi.duH5046it?I proclaimהִשְׁמַעְתִּ֤יךָhish.ma'.Ti.khaH8085to younewחֲדָשׁוֹת֙cha.da.shOtH2319thingsH2319from thisH6258timeH6258,Even hiddenH5341thingsH5341which you have not knownיְדַעְתָּֽם׃ye.da'.TamH3045.

7They are createdנִבְרְאוּ֙niv.re.'UH1254nowעַתָּ֤ה'a.TahH6258and not longH3975agoH3975;And beforeוְלִפְנֵי־ve.lif.nei-H6440todayי֖וֹםYomH3117you have not heardשְׁמַעְתָּ֑םshe.ma'.TamH8085them,So that you will not sayתֹּאמַ֖רto.MarH559, ‘Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009,I knewיְדַעְתִּֽין׃ye.da'.TinH3045them.’

8You have notheardשָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085,you have not knownיָדַ֔עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045.EvenH1571from longH3975agoH3975your earאָזְנֶ֑ךָ'a.ze.Ne.khaH241has not been openפִתְּחָ֣הfi.te.ChahH6605,Becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588I knewיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiH3045that you would dealH898veryH898treacherouslyH898;And you have been calledקֹ֥רָאKo.ra'H7121arebelוּפֹשֵׁ֥עַu.fo.She.a'H6586frombirthמִבֶּ֖טֶןmi.Be.tenH990.

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