New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 49:14-21

14But Zionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726saidוַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.To.merH559, “The Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068has forsakenעֲזָבַ֣נִי'a.za.Va.niH5800me,And the Lordוַאדֹנָ֖יva.do.NaiH136has forgottenשְׁכֵחָֽנִי׃she.khe.Cha.niH7911me.”

15“Can a womanאִשָּׁה֙'i.ShahH802forgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911her nursingH5764childעוּלָ֔הּ'u.LahH5764And haveH7355noH4480compassionמֵרַחֵ֖םme.ra.ChemH7355on the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of her wombבִּטְנָ֑הּbit.NahH990?Evenגַּם־gam-H1571theseאֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehH428may forgetתִשְׁכַּ֔חְנָהtish.Kach.nahH7911, butI will not forgetאֶשְׁכָּחֵֽךְ׃'esh.ka.ChekhH7911you.

16Beholdהֵ֥ןhenH2005, I haveinscribedחַקֹּתִ֑יךְcha.ko.TikhH2710you on the palmsכַּפַּ֖יִםka.Pa.yimH3709of My hands; Yourwallsחוֹמֹתַ֥יִךְcho.mo.Ta.yikhH2346are continuallyתָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548beforeנֶגְדִּ֖יneg.DiH5048Me.

17Yourbuildersבָּנָ֑יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121hurryמִֽהֲר֖וּmi.ha.RuH4116; Yourdestroyersמְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְme.ha.re.Sa.yikhH2040and devastatorsוּמַחֲרִבַ֖יִךְu.ma.cha.ri.Va.yikhH2717Will departיֵצֵֽאוּ׃ye.Tze.'uH3318from you.

18Liftשְׂאִֽי־se.'i-H5375up your eyesעֵינַ֙יִךְ֙'ei.Na.yikhH5869and lookוּרְאִ֔יu.re.'IH7200aroundסָבִ֤יבsa.VivH5439;Allכֻּלָּ֖םku.LamH3605of them gatherנִקְבְּצ֣וּnik.be.TzuH6908together,they comeבָֽאוּ־va.'u-H935to you.As I liveחַי־chai-H2416,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, “You will surelyכִּ֤יkiH3588putתִלְבָּ֔שִׁיtil.Ba.shiH3847on allכֻלָּם֙khu.LamH3605of them asjewelsכָּעֲדִ֣יka.'a.DiH5716and bindוּֽתְקַשְּׁרִ֖יםu.te.ka.she.RimH7194them on as a brideכַּכַּלָּֽה׃ka.ka.LahH3618.

19Foryour wasteחָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙cha.re.vo.Ta.yikhH2723and desolateוְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְve.Sho.me.mo.Ta.yikhH8074places and your destroyedהֲרִֽסֻתֵ֑יךְha.ri.su.TeikhH2035landוְאֶ֖רֶץve.'E.retzH776--SurelyH3588nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258you will betooH4480crampedH6887for the inhabitantsמִיּוֹשֵׁ֔בmi.yo.ShevH3427, And those whoswallowedמְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃me.va.le.'A.yikhH1104you will be farוְרָחֲק֖וּve.ra.cha.KuH7368away.

20Thechildrenבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121ofwhom you were bereavedשִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְshi.ku.La.yikhH7923will yetע֚וֹדodH5750sayיֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.RuH559in your earsבְאָזְנַ֔יִךְve.'a.ze.Na.yikhH241, ‘The placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725is too crampedצַר־tzar-H6862for me;MakeH5066roomH5066for me that I may liveוְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃ve.'e.She.vahH3427here.’

21Then you willsayוְאָמַ֣רְתְּve.'a.MartH559in your heartבִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְbil.va.VekhH3824, ‘Whoמִ֤יmiH4310has begottenיָֽלַד־ya.lad-H3205theseאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428for me,Since I have beenH7921bereavedH7909of my childrenH7909And ambarrenוְגַלְמוּדָ֑הve.gal.mu.DahH1565, anexileגֹּלָ֣ה׀go.LahH1540and a wandererוְסוּרָ֗הve.su.RahH5493?And whoמִ֣יmiH4310has rearedגִדֵּ֔לgi.DelH1431theseוְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ve.'E.lehH428?Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005, I wasleftנִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּיnish.'Ar.tiH7604aloneלְבַדִּ֔יle.va.DiH905;From whereאֵיפֹ֥ה'ei.FohH375did theseאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428come?’”

Read all of Isaiah 49

Commentaries on Isaiah 49