Revised Literal Translation

2 Kings 19:16-34

16Yhwhיְהוָ֤ה׀Yah.wehH3068,bow downהַטֵּ֨הha.TehH5186thine earאָזְנְךָ֙'a.ze.ne.KhaH241,and hearוּֽשֲׁמָ֔עu.sha.Ma'H8085:openפְּקַ֧חpe.KachH6491,Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068,thine eyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869,and seeוּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'EhH7200:and hearוּשְׁמַ֗עu.she.Ma'H8085the wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֔יבsan.che.RivH5576,which hath sentשְׁלָח֔וֹshe.la.ChoH7971him to reproachלְחָרֵ֖ףle.cha.RefH2778the livingחָֽי׃ChaiH2416Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430.

17Of a truthאָמְנָ֖ם'a.me.NamH551,Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,the kingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804have destroyedהֶחֱרִ֜יבוּhe.che.Ri.vuH2717the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471and their landsאַרְצָֽם׃'ar.TzamH776,

18And have castוְנָתְנ֥וּve.na.te.NuH5414their godsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430into the fireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784: for they wereno godsאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430,but the workמַעֲשֵׂ֧הma.'a.SehH4639of men’sאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120handsיְדֵֽי־ye.dei-H3027,woodעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086and stoneוָאֶ֖בֶןva.'E.venH68:therefore they have destroyedוַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃Vay.'a.be.DumH6them.

19Now therefore, O Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,I beseech thee, saveהוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נוּho.shi.'E.nuH3467thou us out of his handמִיָּד֑וֹmi.ya.DoH3027,that all the kingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of the earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776may knowוְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ve.ye.de.'UH3045that thou art Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430, even thou only.

20Then Isaiahיְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Amozאָמ֔וֹץ'a.MotzH531sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֙vai.yish.LachH7971to Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Thus saithאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559 Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Thatwhich thou hast prayedהִתְפַּלַּ֧לְתָּhit.pa.Lal.taH6419to me against Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֥בsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804I have heardשָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃sha.Ma.'e.tiH8085.

21This isthe wordהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697that Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath spokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696concerning him; The virginבְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.LatH1330the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Zionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726hath despisedבָּזָ֨הba.ZahH959thee, andlaughed thee to scornלָעֲגָ֣הla.'a.GahH3932;the daughterבַּ֖תbatH1323of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389hath shakenהֵנִ֔יעָהhe.Ni.'ahH5128her headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218at theeאַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙'a.cha.Rei.khaH310.

22Whom hast thou reproachedחֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙che.Raf.taH2778and blasphemedוְגִדַּ֔פְתָּve.gi.Daf.taH1442?and against whom hast thou exaltedהֲרִימ֣וֹתָha.ri.Mo.taH7311thyvoiceקּ֑וֹלKolH6963,and lifted upוַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'H5375thine eyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869on highמָר֛וֹםma.RomH4791? evenagainst the Holyקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918Oneof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

23Byבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027thy messengersמַלְאָכֶיךָ֮mal.'a.khei.KhaH4397thou hast reproachedחֵרַ֣פְתָּ׀che.Raf.taH2778the Lordאֲדֹנָי֒'a.do.NaiH136,and hast saidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559,With the multitudeבְּרֹ֥בbe.re.chevH7230of my chariotsרִכְבִּ֛יrikh.BiH7393I am come upעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927to the heightמְר֥וֹםme.RomH4791of the mountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022,to the sidesיַרְכְּתֵ֣יyar.ke.TeiH3411of Lebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844,and will cut downוְאֶכְרֹ֞תve.'ekh.RotH3772the tallקוֹמַ֤תko.MatH6967cedar treesאֲרָזָיו֙'a.ra.ZavH730thereof, andthe choiceמִבְח֣וֹרmiv.ChorH4004fir treesבְּרֹשָׁ֔יוbe.ro.ShavH1265thereof: and I will enterוְאָב֙וֹאָה֙ve.'a.Vo.'ahH935into the lodgingsמְל֣וֹןme.LonH4411of his bordersקִצּ֔וֹki.TzoH7093, and intothe forestיַ֖עַרYa.'arH3293of his CarmelH3760.

24I have diggedקַ֔רְתִּיKar.tiH6979and drunkוְשָׁתִ֖יתִיve.sha.Ti.tiH8354strangeזָרִ֑יםza.RimH2114watersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325,and with the soleבְּכַף־be.khaf-H3709of my feetפְּעָמַ֔יpe.'a.MaiH6471have I driedוְאַחְרִב֙ve.'ach.RivH2717up all the riversיְאֹרֵ֥יye.'o.ReiH2975of besieged placesמָצֽוֹר׃ma.TzorH4693.

25Hast thou not heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085long agoלְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOkH7350howI have doneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213it, andof ancientקֶ֖דֶםKe.demH6924timesלְמִ֥ימֵיle.Mi.meiH3117that I have formedוִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haH3335it? now have I broughtהֲבֵיאתִ֗יהָha.vei.Ti.haH935it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay wasteלַהְשׁ֛וֹתlah.ShotH7582fencedבְּצֻרֽוֹת׃be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892intoruinousנִצִּ֖יםni.TzimH5327heapsגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530.

26Therefore their inhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427were of smallקִצְרֵי־kitz.rei-H7116powerיָ֔דYadH3027,they were dismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865and confoundedוַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּvai.ye.Vo.shuH954; they were asthe grassעֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sevH6212of the fieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704, and asthe greenוִ֣ירַקVi.rakH3419herbדֶּ֔שֶׁאDe.she'H1877, asthe grassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682on the housetopsגַּגּ֔וֹתga.goytH1406, and as grainblastedוּשְׁדֵפָ֖הu.she.de.FahH7711beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440it be grown upקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054.

27But I knowיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045thy abodeוְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ve.shiv.te.KhaH3427,and thy going outוְצֵאתְךָ֥ve.tze.te.KhaH3318,and thy coming inוּבֹאֲךָ֖u.vo.'a.KhaH935,and thy rageהִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264against me.

28Because thy rageהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264against me and thy tumultוְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ve.sha.'a.nan.KhaH7600is come upעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927into mine earsבְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.NaiH241,therefore I will 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 backוַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָva.ha.Shi.vo.Ti.khaH7725by the wayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870by which thou camestבָּ֥אתָBa.taH935.

29And this shall bea signהָא֔וֹתha.'otH226unto thee, Ye shall eatאָכ֤וֹל'a.KholH398this yearהַשָּׁנָה֙ha.sha.NahH8141such things as growסָפִ֔יחַsa.Fi.achH5599of themselves, and in the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.NitH8145yearוּבַשָּׁנָ֥הu.va.sha.NahH8141that which springethסָחִ֑ישׁsa.ChishH7823of the same; and in the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗יתha.she.li.ShitH7992yearוּבַשָּׁנָ֣הu.va.sha.NahH8141sowזִרְע֧וּzir.'UH2232ye, and reapוְקִצְר֛וּve.kitz.RuH7114,and plantוְנִטְע֥וּve.nit.'UH5193vineyardsכְרָמִ֖יםkhe.ra.MimH3754,and eatוְאִכְל֥וּve.'ikh.LuH398the fruitsפִרְיָֽם׃fir.YamH6529thereof.

30And the remnantהַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖הha.nish.'a.RahH7604that is escapedפְּלֵיטַ֧תpe.lei.TatH6413of the houseבֵּית־beit-H1004of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063shall yet againוְיָ֨סְפָ֜הve.Ya.se.FahH3254take rootשֹׁ֣רֶשׁSho.reshH8328downwardלְמָ֑טָּהle.Ma.tahH4295,and bearוְעָשָׂ֥הve.'a.SahH6213fruitפְרִ֖יfe.RiH6529upwardלְמָֽעְלָה׃le.Ma.'e.lahH4605.

31For out of Jerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙mi.ru.sha.LimH3389shall go forthתֵּצֵ֣אte.Tze'H3318a remnantשְׁאֵרִ֔יתshe.'e.RitH7611,and they that escapeוּפְלֵיטָ֖הu.fe.lei.TahH6413out of mountמֵהַ֣רme.HarH2022Zionצִיּ֑וֹןtzi.YonH6726:the zealקִנְאַ֛תkin.'AtH7068of Yhwhיְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹתYah.wehYah.weh/ /tze.Va.'ottze.Va.'otH3068of hostsיְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹתYah.wehYah.weh/ /tze.Va.'ottze.Va.'otH6635shall doתַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213this.

32Therefore thus saithאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559 Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068concerning the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,He shall not comeיָבֹא֙ya.Vo'H935into this cityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892,nor shootיוֹרֶ֥הyo.RehH3384an arrowחֵ֑ץChetzH2671there, nor come beforeיְקַדְּמֶ֣נָּהye.kad.de.Me.nahH6923it with shieldמָגֵ֔ןma.GenH4043,nor castיִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyish.PokhH8210a bankסֹלְלָֽה׃so.le.LahH5550against it.

33By the wayבַּדֶּ֥רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870that he cameיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935,by the same shall he returnיָשׁ֑וּבya.ShuvH7725,and shall not comeיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935into this cityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002 Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

34For I will defendוְגַנּוֹתִ֛יve.ga.no.TiH1598this cityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892,to saveלְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּle.ho.shi.'AhH3467it, for mine own sake, and for my servantעַבְדִּֽי׃'av.DiH5650David’sדָּוִ֥דda.VidH1732sake.

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